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Torture in Argentina
White, John W. | March 3, 1945 issue

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The Gestapo's barbarian use of torture and intimidation has been transplanted successfully to the Western Hemisphere. Since torture has always been an essential part of the Nazi technique, it should not be surprising, perhaps, that it accompanied totalitarian, ideology to the Nazi-fascist bridgehead in South America. Both torture and intimidation have become flourishing state institutions in several Latin American republics, chief among them Argentina. The "electric spur" is the favorite instrument of the new school of native sadists who have been trained by Gestapo experts. Professional boxers are employed to beat up certain prisoners since they know how to produce the desired effect without leaving telltale wounds.

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TORTURE; PRISONERS of war; TORTURE victims; THREAT (Psychology); ARGENTINA; SOUTH America
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