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WHEN I arrived at the National Stadium of Santiago as a prisoner of war" in October 1973, ooe menth had Hone aser a rascist coup nau acposco Socialist president Salvador Allende.
Like most of the football stadiams in the country, the main Chilean sports coliseum was being esed by the junta as a concentration camp.
Many are the terrors that those of us who were there can recall, too many perhaps. It might be enough to say that all changing rooms hud transtorised by the fascists into torture chambers.
NIGHTMARISH I will always bear with me the mightmarish image of those thousands of huegry, unshaven and untidy men waiting on the stands under the heat of the sun; the uncertainty and anxiety that consumed our days; the unending ICEI CEnATE loudspeakers of the studium might be switched on again. For these were not giving out football leam formations now, but endless lists of people called out for interrogation.
Everybody knew that sooner or fater their names had to be Included in one of the lists, as well as what it meant: that you would either return after hours. days or weeks of torture, ог, happened with so many acgeaintances, comrades, or friends, that you would never return at all.
However, after miy arrivul there 1 soon had to realise that in spiie of the THEC hardships and prevailed, none of thei was ever lo Soldiers took the spotted individuals away by beating them with the butts of their fire-arins, More than a hundred people were selected by "the booded man" in all his incursions. Nose of them was ever seen alive uguin.
Al thal time nobody knew who the man under the hood was. In fact, we had every reason lo assume we never would. ycurs Iairr heen snespectedly enough, both his identity and motives have come to light.
Ir all started in June last year when — by one of those paradosicul ways truth finds its way out — a certain Juam WUnOT SASTCUT appeared "Vicaria de Solidaridad', a Catholic CULCI LuLICa ennsa waIch beips the families of the disuppeared OTOR B HHH HC SEEnOrHC relatives and which has been constantly opposing the junta's repression.
Munoz sald that he was a DINA agent [the junta's fascist secret police, now CNI], and that he feared for his life. He suid he knew too much ubout DINA's activities and that he had lost their confidence, so he wanted te record a statement which should he released in case something happened to hims. as OAIE INFORMER He added that watil months before the coup he had been a leader in Allende's Sociulist Partý, which be lad terrors betraved to become Inter an informer public for the fascist morenent that marks in his hody. however and before he was killed. There in the both documents.
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in the National Stadium.
are now going to exceute him. plunning the coup. In September 1973. once the junta took over, he had HLo e unucu renownec una tearet "hooded man' af the National Stadiom The Church Vicaria recorded a tape from Santiago. with his requested statement. Fom TITECE. months Inler (24 October, 1977), in a wasteland in the outskirts of Santiugu, Munoz was found dead with 16 stah As the coroner requested hy the Comotittee Church was later to report, he showed CUT (Clulcan evident signs of having been tortured helonged to were Copper Warkers. eigarette burns everywhiere on his body.
The Vicaria approached the Supreine Court of Justice and presented them ADOPTED with a typed transcription of Munoz's stalement, offering to endorse it with the ariginal tape. The Supreme Couri, Socialist working hund in hand with the juntu since the coup and providing cover-ups for any of their ilegalicies, ignored and radio.
The Chureh, with no explanation.
Whether someose took too long to E lOnE tune more trom the Chuech , the Tuct s that this reached the UN Humun Richt Commission in Genera, which released it to the world press only in Chilean exiles who unce lost relatives ar comrades, or were just terrorised by the aceusing finger of "the booded man have now My name is Juan Reac Alarcob, Identity card No 4.824.557-9, 1 am 32 vears old, ATHA Sargento Menadier 311, Puento Alto, Población Tam a former leader of the Socialist Party a member of the outh (enirn La national leader of the and the Confederation of During 1973 1 resigned from the Party. left because disngreed ou certain matters. I made my accusations through the press, TV This happened four or five months before the military coup, and it meaot my persecution and harassment by people in the party. They even set my house on fire, Host my lamily. By that time i was married and had six children.
Right-wing people adopted me precisely. Carlos Aston. nowadays the Chulcan Consul-Gore in South Africa. They steltered me. Thau practicaily reached the end of rether. I could not see any alternat but to shoot myself.
Then came the military coup. T u taken to the National Stadiun identify people. I did it voluntarily that tinie because I was in a venge! frame of mind towards those who ha teen my comrades, on account of 1 persecution they had subjected me t Tam the hooded man of the Natio Stadium, The security services hood moc and walked me around the differe where prisoners were held identified a lor of people Many of them died, and l am to t leld responsible for their dearhs just b having identified and accused them having been my former concade either as members of the Centri Comatittee or as members of th security apparatus of the party.
Later on I was asked to go.out to th sursels with some nulitary groups that I could identify people in the ci square 1 unfortunately came acro Miguel Plaza among chem
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