ESMA
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ESMA, originally an educational institution in Argentina, was repurposed into a torture center, during that country's "dirty war".[1]
It is now believed that as many as 5,000 desaparecidos (the disappeared) were sent there after being covertly kidnapped by Argentinian security officials.[1] They were called "the disappeared" because the covert kidnapping meant their friends and relatives never knew what happened to them.[2]
The disappeared were never charged with crimes, never stood trial, never received a legitimate legal sentence.[1] After their torture they were, however, routinely executed. Only 100 of these individuals survived detention in ESMA.
The Spanish name ESMA has been translated into English as "the Mechanics Institute".[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Josh Salisbury (2022-12-22). "Mario Sandoval: Ex-policeman who worked at notorious Argentine torture centre jailed". The Standard. https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/mario-sandoval-argentina-esma-jailed-hernan-abriata-b1049013.html. Retrieved 2022-12-22.
- ↑ Carlos Loza. "Hernán Abriata: Nació el 13 de Diciembre de 1951 - Desapareció el 20 de octubre de 1976" (in Spanish). desaparecidos. Archived from the original on 2022-10-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20221001162237/http://www.desaparecidos.org/arg/victimas/abriata/. Retrieved 2022-12-22. "Era estudiante de la FADU/UBA. Estuvo detenido en la ESMA, donde fue visto por Carlos Loza. Allí fue torturado."
