One of the brightest trends of our new millennium is the ongoing demonstration that there is no statute of limitations on crimes against humanity. The latest reaffirmation of this trend is the decision by a Spanish court to extradite an airline pilot who is alleged to have been involved in piloting "disappearance" flights during the time of military rule in Argentina.
If you're unfamiliar, these flights were used to "disappear" people who had in some way bothered the military junta in charge at the time. Individuals were taken, often drugged, and literally thrown out of aircraft over the open ocean.
Mr Poch was held during a short stopover at Valencia's Manises airport on 22 September, while flying an aircraft for Dutch Transavia airlines, a subsidiary of Air France-KLM.
This is the power of modern international awareness of these crimes -- those who are alleged to have committed them find themselves increasingly penned in if they want to avoid potential prosecution.