Parrilla (torture)
The parrilla (Spanish for grill) is a method of torture where the victim is strapped to a metal frame and subjected to electric shock.[1] It has been used in a number of contexts in South America.
Argentina[edit]
In the 1970s, during the Dirty War, the parrilla was used in Argentina.[2]
Brazil[edit]
Francisco Tenório Júnior, (known as Tenorinho), Brazilian piano virtuoso, was subjected to the parrilla during the military dictatorship in Brazil.[3] He disappeared while on tour in Argentina in March 1976.
Chile[edit]
The parrilla was commonly used at Villa Grimaldi, a prison complex maintained by Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional, a part of the Pinochet regime.[4]
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ↑ Chile: Evidence of Torture. Amnesty International. 1983. pp. 3, 6. OCLC 1148222200. Search this book on
- ↑ Feitlowitz, Marguerite (1999). A Lexicon of Terror: Argentina and the Legacies of Torture. New York: Oxford University Press. pp. 49, 57. OCLC 1035915088. Search this book on
- ↑ McSherry, J. Patrice (2012-07-10). Predatory States: Operation Condor and Covert War in Latin America. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 188. ISBN 978-0-7425-6870-9. Search this book on
- ↑ Gomez-Barris, Macarena (2009). Where Memory Dwells: Culture and State Violence in Chile. University of California Press. pp. 46–47. ISBN 978-0-520-25583-8. Search this book on
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