ARGENTINA OFFICIAL ADMITS ARMY KILLINGS

Gen. Martin Balza became the first high-ranking Argentine military official to formally acknowledge that thearmy engaged in the torturing and killing of political opponents during Argentina's "Dirty War"of 1976 to 1983. The head of Argentina's army made the announcement a day after former army Sgt. Victor Ibanez admitted to throwing prisoners to their deaths from aircraft flying over the Atlantic. In March, Lt. Cmdr. Adolfo Scilingo, a former navy officer, became to first member of the armed forces to admit to the killings. Amnesty was declared for all military personnel in 1990, and until now the military has never admitted involvement in the killings. TIME Argentina reporter Carl Honore says that that human rights groups and the families of the disappeared are pushing for the military to release lists of those the army killed. The military denies having such lists. Honore says "There is one group that wants punishment, that wants lists both of those who were killed and lists of those responsible. But the mainstream of Argentine opinion is that they would just like to get the lists, know who was killed and move on."