IMGpapers 1968–75

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1968–75

US Officer took part in torture

Red Weekly No. 82, 1 January 1975 · p. 11 of the scan · 328 words

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page 11 of the scan

November 1973, a little mote than two monts after the bloody military coup. insignis tolovine is a contunique received from sources in Chile Jescribing the discovery of a T'S Army Special Services officer participating in the forture and murder of an alleged guerrilla in a rural area in the south of Chile, The incident occurred in Between 2h and 30 November about 200 junta troops so pursuing a small band of eight resisters. One of the eight was captured and could be beard crying out under torture. tus companions returned to save him, They observed 12 Junts soldiers practising a aystent of torture and death, The victim was neary nude, bed to a seesaw plank above a drum of water. His head end would be doused, while hot coals were applied to his legs. When half drownod he would be norived free) Spanish, was giving orders to soother with a leutenant's ago, fat top hurch haltcut, left arin tattoo, right arm axilla tattoo [shown below|. In his dirt pocket there was a CIM ID card "issued to advisor"

"One of the junta soldiers admicted before dying that all in the squad had shared in the torture, The place was cast of Osomo. The victim died of 'infection and blaod loss" - his chest was sliced by a sharp blade. His testicles were crusbed. A large branch had been shoved deep into his rectum."

The officer's name was Charles Startoy, The United States Government has succosfully kept eridence of this sort conccaled for nearly a yoar. Undoubtedly Charles Starloy was not the only Special Foroos officer assigned to assist the Chillean military in their barbaric torture of political opponents. The question that remains to he answered is: to what extent did the United States participate militarily in the coup in Chile? We must fnd the answer to this question, - ZiSLA Reporter. CxU + TACTETA: DE INVESTIGACION ASESOR CHARLES STAELOY 0421-B Tattoo on Us officer's right arm

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