Ex-police commander kills himself on TV


	Ex-police commander kills himself on TV

deadcowkid

11-23-2008 9:42 AM

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"An ex-Argentine police commander committed suicide in front of rolling television cameras as he was about to be arrested for alleged human rights violations during the country's dictatorship"

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<P _extended="true">An ex-Argentine police commander committed suicide in front 
of rolling television cameras as he was about to be arrested for alleged human 
rights violations during the country's dictatorship.</p> <P _extended="true">"Maria, goodbye," Mario Ferreyra said to his wife before 
lifting the .45-caliber revolver and shooting himself in the temple.</p> <P _extended="true">Ferreyra, 63, took his life on Friday as national 
authorities arrived at his home to arrest him on charges in connection with the 
disappearance, torture and death of dissidents during Argentina's 1976-83 
dictatorship.</p> <P _extended="true">He had just finished an interview with cable TV station 
Cronica, whose cameras were still rolling when he took out the gun and fired 
it.</p> <P _extended="true">The TV station later broadcast the images.</p> <P _extended="true">Ferreyra's wife professed his innocence, saying police "have 
unfairly invented a crime against my husband."</p> <P _extended="true">"He has left me documents to demonstrate his innocence," she 
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