Argentina's former military ruler Reynaldo Bignone has been sentenced to 25 years for human rights abuses committed almost three decades ago.

阿根廷前军事统治者雷纳尔多·比尼奥内因在大约30年前犯下侵犯人权罪而被判刑25年。

Mr Bignone denied the charges

Gen Bignone, 82, ordered abductions（诱拐，绑架） and torture while second in command of the country's largest torture centre between 1978 and 1979.

Relatives of victims held up photos of their loved ones and cheered at the end of the trial in Buenos Aires.

Six officials from the same era（时代，纪元） were also handed jail terms.

Gen Bignone, who served as de facto（实际上的） president between 1982-83, was found guilty of involvement in 56 cases of murder, torture and kidnappings.

His charges were for crimes committed before becoming leader, when he was in charge of the notorious（声名狼藉的） Campo de Mayo military base.

Campo de Mayo, outside Buenos Aires, is said to have been the largest in operation during the country's seven-year Dirty War, which ended in 1983.

"Justice was slow in coming but it has finally arrived," said Estela de Carlotto, head of the human rights group Grandmothers of the Plaza¹ de Mayo.

Human rights groups say some 30,000 people died or "disappeared" during the period, which saw the military target left-wing opponents.

The trial comes after amnesty（大赦，特赦） laws, which had shielded perpetrators（犯罪者，作恶者） from charges, were overturned（颠覆，推翻） in 2005 by the country's Supreme² Court.