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USAID funded Flavio documented
“It had a sticker that said USAID. His guards wrapped wires around his penis. They stuck wires and other private parts. They jammed wires into his ears and turned the generator on. The pain was excruciating. For the first three days and nigh…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Hidden Terrors by AJ Langguth Part 8 @ 49:38

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The Colonels Corner Hidden Terrors by AJ Langguth Part 8
▶ 48:38 of the rebel forces. A prison guard had told Flavio that Christian nationalists such as he were more dangerous to the regime than a communist. Flavio had been arrested by a death squad led by the police inspector nicknamed Chiness. They had…
The Colonels Corner Hidden Terrors by AJ Langguth Part 8
▶ 49:10 It went on for three days and three nights with no questioning at all. Afterward, they had asked for the names of the revolutionaries and saboteurs. Flavio knew no names. He was tortured again by the officers from the Army, the Navy, and th…
The Colonels Corner Hidden Terrors by AJ Langguth Part 8
▶ 49:38 It had a sticker that said USAID. His guards wrapped wires around his penis. They stuck wires and other private parts. They jammed wires into his ears and turned the generator on. The pain was excruciating. For the first three days and nigh…
The Colonels Corner Hidden Terrors by AJ Langguth Part 8
▶ 50:08 forward in shifts. On the fourth day, an army doctor came to examine him. For an idealistic prisoner, the arrival of a doctor should have made him fill with hope. Here was a professional man dedicated to healing. He would put a stop to this…
The Colonels Corner Hidden Terrors by AJ Langguth Part 8
▶ 50:43 It was the doctor's job to give him drugs like truth serum as well. He also might advise the torturers to keep the welts and bruises to a minimum. Despite the guidance, Flavio came off the plane in Mexico City with scars around his little f…
The Colonels Corner Hidden Terrors by AJ Langguth Part 8
▶ 51:15 a former reporter, he would speak their language. He tried to impress upon them for all of their air of celebration. The prisoners were not entering freedom, but a forced exile. I am certainly not here of my own free will, he said. Certainl…