ASUNCION (Reuters) -- A Paraguayan lawyer called to testify in the case
                  against former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet said on Monday he would
                  ask Spain also to extradite former Paraguayan ruler Alfredo Stroessner from
                  Brazil.

                  "I've been called to testify before Judge (Baltasar) Garzon on December 3
                  and I'm going to ask Spain for the extradition of (Alfredo) Stroessner due to
                  his relationship to the 'Operation Condor' and the Pinochet case," Martin
                  Almada told Reuters.

                  Stroessner, who fled to Brazil after ruling Paraguay from 1954 to 1989, is
                  among the many ex-dictators who have come under fire since Pinochet's
                  arrest last month in London on a warrant by Garzon. Britain's highest court
                  ruled last week that Pinochet was not immune to prosecution on charges of
                  murder, torture and genocide.

                  Garzon, a Spanish judge, has conducted a two-year investigation of Latin
                  America's "dirty wars" in the 1970s and 1980s.

                  Almada said he would testify before Garzon on the existence of a
                  coordinated effort by South American dictators against suspected leftists
                  called "Operation Condor."

                  According to Almada, Stroessner was the No. 2 "Condor" behind Pinochet
                  in the operation, which also involved Argentine, Brazilian, Bolivian and
                  Uruguayan rulers.

                  Almada said he would ask Garzon to extradite Stroessner after two failed
                  extradition attempts by Paraguay.

                  "The idea is that Stroessner should face justice the same as (Pinochet) since
                  Paraguay's justice system hasn't been able to do anything with him," Almada
                  said.

                  Almada discovered the so-called "Archive of Terror" in 1992 in the archives
                  of Stroessner's secret police. It detailed the illegal exchange of "disappeared"
                  prisoners among the countries and other human rights abuses.

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