Article: Judge OKs extradition of ex-concentration camp chief to Croatia


AP Online
05-05-1998
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) _ A federal judge approved the extradition Tuesday of a former World War II concentration camp commander wanted on war crimes charges by Croatia.

Judge Hernan Bernasconi ruled that Dinko Sakic, 76, must remain in custody in Dolores, 125 miles south of Buenos Aires, until he's returned to Croatia. No date has been set.

Croatia wants to try Sakic for crimes he allegedly committed while he was commandant of the Jasenovac concentration camp, where thousands of Serbians, Jews and gypsies perished.

Estimates of the number of people who died there range from tens of thousands ...

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