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Word: ingalinella (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1955-1955
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Another conspicuous sign was the Ingalinelia case. Among the Argentines of various political colorings rounded up on June 16. was one Dr. Juan Ingalinella, a physician and an admitted Communist. According to the police in his home city of Rosario. he was released the day after his arrest. But his wife never saw him again. All over the nation, Argentines demanded, in ever louder tones, that the police produce Ingalinella. Radical deputies in the federal Congress insistently called for an investigation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARGENTINA: The Velvet Glove | 8/8/1955 | See Source »

...Revolution After All. Under the pressure, the government announced almost shamefacedly that Ingalinella had "died of a heart attack during an interrogation in which violence was used." To Argentines familiar with the methods of Perón's police, this suggested that the Rosario cops had tortured him with the picana, an electric goad applied to sensitive parts of the body. The seven cops involved, said the government, were awaiting trial. Some wondered: was it merely a searching for scapegoats, or something more significant, when a police state be gins calling policemen to account...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARGENTINA: The Velvet Glove | 8/8/1955 | See Source »

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