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'Dirty War' witness hunt launched
Argentina's President says a nationwide search has begun for an elderly man who disappeared nine days ago as he was testifying in a "Dirty War" trial.
Jorge Julio Lopez, 77, had been giving evidence that he had been tortured by a former police commissioner during the country's military dictatorship.
The provincial government in La Plata, where he lived, is offering a $67,000 (£35,000) reward for finding him.
"We're looking for him... almost with desperation," said Mr Kirchner.
Mr Lopez went missing a day before former police commissioner Miguel Etchecolatz was convicted and sentenced to life in prison for crimes against humanity.
His son had gone to his house to take him to the last day of the trial.
Family members were quoted by Reuters news agency as saying Mr Lopez may have gone into hiding.
The Buenos Aires provincial minister of government, Florencio Randazzo, told Identidad radio. "Everything makes us believe his disappearance had something to do with [the trial]."
-bbc.com

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