Word: fuga
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...lynch law of Latin American justice is the "ley de fuga" (law of flight). This is supposed to empower police to shoot fleeing prisoners, but in practice often means that a troublesome prisoner is set free, then drilled before he can scoot out of range. From León in Mexico's State of Guanajuato last week came a tale of ley de fuga perfect except in one particular...
...Each episode turns on an organ of the body, an art and a particular symbol. Thus in the 11th episode (the Sirens), the scene of which is the Concert Room at 4 p. m., the bodily organ represented is the ear; the art, music; the symbol, barmaids; the technique, fuga per canonem (repetition and elaboration of a theme, as in music). Without such foreknowledge, no one could make much of this...
...scrambled down their bank, poked the bodies, then strolled off. The victims were Abilio and Ramiro Valdes Daussa, sons of Treasury Paymaster Francisco Valdes Leon. Their crime was hiding explosives in their home. Letting the Negroes shoot them down was perfectly legal under Cuba's ingenious ley de fuga (law of flight) which allows police -including the Porra-to kill prisoners "attempting to escape." Reports quickly circulated that Father Valdes Leon had committed suicide in his cell. This was denied by Prison Supervisor Ambrosio Diaz Galup...
...Spanish speaking world. One night the body of an obscure student, Mariano Gonzalez Gutierrez, was found shot dead, sprawled on its face near a warehouse which the police claimed was full of arms and munitions. Brazenly the Porra admitted the shooting, justified it under the Ley de Fuga ("Law of Flight"). Student Gonzalez, they said, had been arrested while prowling near the warehouse. He was shot "while attempting to escape...
Spain refused even to discuss the Cuban suggestion that the young student was not a Spanish citizen. Spain recalled previous Spanish protests on the subject of Cuba's Ley de Fuga-and demanded punishment of the guilty Porra agents. Spain joined the mother of Student Gonzalez in demanding a public autopsy to prove whether or not he had been tortured before death...