Inês Etienne Romeu
Agnes Etienne Romeo was a Brazilian political prisoner held in extrajudicial detention in a Brazilian torture camp in the early 1970s.[1] Romeo has been described as the sole captive to survive the camp. The director, Paulo Malhães, would later claim that the purpose of the center was to convince suspected political opponents to serve as double agents against regime opponents. The main technique used to turn suspects into double agents was torture, which would be backed up by blackmail and clandestine payments.
Romeo was the only captive held in the center who their torturers trusted to serve as a double agent.[1] However, once he was put in the field, his handlers decided he was insincere, and he was imprisoned for a futher eight years, being release in 1979.
Romeo published a memoir, describing his detention.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Chico Otavio, Juliana Dal Piva, Marcelo Remigio (2012-06-23). "Torturador conta rotina da Casa da Morte em Petrópolis: Tenente-coronel reformado fala sobre casa onde 22 pessoas podem ter sido executadas [Torturer routine account of the House of Death in Petropolis: Retired Lieutenant Colonel talks about house where 22 people may have been executed]" (in Portugese). O Globo Pais. Archived from the original on 2014-04-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20140427092429/http://oglobo.globo.com/pais/torturador-conta-rotina-da-casa-da-morte-em-petropolis-5300155. Retrieved 2014-05-29.
