the administration of cristina kirchner continued the trials of military personnel involved in the dirty war, started by her husband. there have been more than 500 people sentenced, and 1,000 convicted, in a process that was unprecedented in latin america. de facto president jorge rafael videla, who was convicted and given a life sentence in 1985 and pardoned years later, received a new life sentence in 2010. general luciano benjamín menéndez, who waged war against the leftist guerrillas in the northern argentine provinces, received a life sentence as well.