MILTON SOARES
WHO - Photographer for the
newspaper Folha de São Paulo,
thirty-six years, 6 children.
Police officers Fausto Raineri,
Darcidio Ferreira and Antonio
Carlos Silva.
WHAT - The officers arrested
Milton on charges of "disrespect
of authority" and took him to a cell
with nine prisoners previously
instructed to torture him.
HOW - punches, kicks, head
kicks, electric shock, wood stick
blows, cigarette burns in the
body and psychological torture.
WHY - Milton was writing an
article about police brutality.
" When I came in the bandits were playing cards in the cell.
Previously instructed."
"- Oh, you are the one who fingered us, huh? You are Milton, huh?"
One stood up and punched me in the eyes. It was the start.
I turned into a toy in the hands of the nine men.
They took my clothes off; they were already prepared
with the "PAU DE ARARA" (a common form of torture
where the victim is tied to a stick by their arms and feet
and physically abused). They tied up my arms and legs,
held my arms behind my back and stood in a line;
one kicked me with his head and other with his feet.
hey broke my molar.This was from midnight until 2:00 in the morning.
I vomited blood for fifteen days.
My insides were like a rotten egg, you know when you make
any movement and everything is loose inside, everything hurts.
Six months later my electrocardiogram detected a disturbance.
Today I am well.
They do not satisfy me with the results of the investigation.
I had to pay $1000 for disrespect and they acquitted the officer.
Exclusive interview by Milton to twenty exemplary cases
on September 1979, one and a half years after being tortured.Photos: Milton at his trial and as he appeared
in the newspaper Folha de S.Paulo on March 4, 1978.
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