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Argentina Court Indicts Ex-Ford Employees in Human Rights Case

A federal court in Argentina Tuesday indicted three former executives of Ford Motor Co.'s (F) Argentine subsidiary for their alleged involvement in the kidnapping of 24 workers by a military government in the 1970s.The three men are charged with helping the military to identify the victims, who were abducted between March and August of 1976, according to a ruling by federal judge Alicia Vence.The judge also accused the defendants of allowing the military to establish an interrogation center at the Ford factory, where some of the victims were subjected to beatings.The workers were tortured and briefly imprisoned but eventually freed.Ford Argentina's former head of manufacturing, Pedro Muller, former labor relations director, Guillermo Galarraga, and ex-chief of security Hector Jesus Sibilla, were named as defendants in the case. They couldn't immediately be reached for comment.Judge Vence ordered the defendants to post bond of 750,000 pesos ($143,000) each.Ford Argentina isn't a party i...

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