The discovery of the body of an alleged German victim of Argentina"s 1976 putsch man has forced the reopening of an investigation into former Argentinian dictator Jorge Rafael Videla, a court spokesman in the town of Nuremberg said on Wednesday, , according to dpa. An initial case against Videla, now 84, for the murder of German citizen Rolf Stawowiok was suspended two-and-a-half years ago when no traces of Stawowiok were found after his disappearance, said Nuremberg"s court spokesman Thomas Koch said, confirming a media report. The investigations were being reopened after Stawowiok"s remains were found in Argentina bearing evidence that he had been shot. An warrant has been requested for Videla"a arrest. The Nuremberg court was made responsible for the investigations into Videla and other members of Argentina"s military junta. By the early 1980s, the military dictatorship had claimed the lives of up to 30,000 people. Videla was given a life sentence for crimes against humanity in 1985, but was pardoned soon after. Argentina refused to extradite Videla to go on trial in Germany in 2007, stating that he should face trial in the Latin American country over the murder of a German national.
