Word: submarino
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Amnesty, inflict not only routine beatings but also a gamut of abuses referred to in sardonic slang. El telefono (the telephone) consists of blows with the palms of the hands on both ears simultaneously; la parrilla (the metal grill) is an electrical shock administered to the genitals; el submarino or la banera (the submarine or the bath) is a treatment in which the victim's head is held under water almost to the point of suffocation. Says Grantham: "Torture does not occur simply because individual torturers are sadistic. They tend to be servants of a state carrying...
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