By Xinhua,
Madrid : A Spanish court said Monday that it would reject Argentinina’s request to extradite its former President Isabel Peron.
Argentine authorities have issued two extradition requests against Peron, 77, for alleged human rights violations.
The Spanish National Court ruled that Peron, who moved to Spain in 1981, could not be extradited because the accusations against her could not be termed crimes against humanity and there was no sufficient evidence of her involvement in the accused crimes.
Argentinina’s federal judge Raul Acosta wanted Peron for questioning over the disappearance of two young people in February1976. The judge accused her of approving three bills in 1975, authorizing the military to use force, which resulted in the abduction and disappearance of the young people.
Peron’s lawyers have argued that she should not be extradited because she is now a Spanish citizen and is of advanced age and is in poor health conditions.
Isabel Peron, whose full name is Maria Estela Martinez de Peron, became president in 1974 following the death of her husband President Juan Peron. She was overthrown in a military coup on March 24, 1976.