Former Nazi captured in Argentina faces child sex charges

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BUENOS AIRES (AFP) — Argentine authorities were to decide whether to send former Nazi Paul Schaefer, a sect leader who has been on the run for eight years, back to Chile, where he is wanted on child sex abuse and torture charges.

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

To speed up Schaefer's departure, the Chilean interior minister asked his Argentine counterpart to kick Schaefer out of Argentina and avoid going to court to ask for an extradition, which could delay the case with appeals.

He is also the subject of international arrest warrants issued by France and Germany, according to an Interpol official in Argentina.

Luis Fuensalida of Interpol's...