Former Nazi captured in Argentina, faces child sex charges

0 Comments | AFP, March, 2005

BUENOS AIRES (AFP) — A former German Nazi soldier turned Chilean sect leader has been arrested in Argentina and will face child sex abuse charges.

Paul Schaefer, 83, was detained Thursday in a joint operation between Argentine and Chilean police in the small town of Tortuguitas west of Buenos Aires.

German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer Friday hailed the arrest and said he hoped it would shed light on the alleged abuse at the secretive Colonia Dignidad community in the mountains of southern Chile.

Schaefer had been in hiding since a warrant for his arrest on multiple counts of pedophilia was issued in August 1996.

Former members of the cult have testified that Schaefer systematically abused young children in the colony, many of whom were taken from...

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