Article: VOA NEWS: EX-ARGENTINE PRESIDENT PERON ARRESTED IN SPAIN; CONDITIONALLY RELEASED

The Voice of America issued the following story:

Former Argentine President Isabel Peron has been conditionally released in Madrid following her arrest on an international warrant.

Spanish police acting at the request of an Argentine federal judge arrested the former president at her home Friday. Authorities say the 75-year-old Peron will have to appear in court every two weeks pending a decision on extraditing her to Argentina.

Argentine officials say they want to question Mrs. Peron about the disappearance of leftist Hector Aldo Gallego, a political activist, in February 1976.

They also are seeking answers about three decrees that she signed calling on the armed forces to crack down on ...

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