Chile Halts Inquiry on American Who Disappeared 31 Years Ago

[Judi Lynn]

7. Tales of torture

Tales of torture


A former member of Chile's national intelligence agency describes some of the methods used against political prisoners.

15 Dec 2013 09:42 GMT


Chile's feared national intelligence agency, DINA, was responsible for the torture and killing of thousands of political prisoners after the country's 1973 military coup.

It established a secret interrogation centre in Colonia Dignidad, a German sect in a remote region of southern Chile, where Paul Schaefer, a former Nazi army nurse and the leader of the sect, taught the Chileans new and brutal methods of torture. The bodies of scores of his victims were later discovered buried on the grounds of the Colony.

What follows is a testimony from Samuel Fuenzalida, a former DINA agent who was charged with transporting prisoners to the Colony.

In March 1973, I had to do compulsory military service for a year. In September of that year the coup d'état took place. I was assigned to Tejas Verdes, DINA's training area.

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