The Inferno: A Story of Terror and Survival in Chile
As a member of Salvador Allende’s Personal Guards (GAP), Luz Arce worked with leaders of the Socialist Party during the Popular Unity Government from 1971 to1973. In the months following the coup, Arce served as a militant with others from the Left who opposed the military junta led by Augusto Pinochet, which controlled the country from 1973 to1990. Along with thousands of others in Chile, Arce was detained and tortured by Chile’s military intelligence service, the...
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Arce, then a member of Salvador Allende's Personal Guards, tells her tale of torture, fear, collaboration, and survival amidst the crimes against humanity committed by the Chilean military regime (1973-90) led by Augusto Pinochet and supported by the US government. El Infierno was published in 1993, by Planeta in Santiago, and is translated by Stacey Alba Skar. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
A Note on This TranslationxiAcknowledgmentsxiiiProloguexvPreliminary ThoughtsxixPart 11.Early Experiences3In the GAP (Group of Personal Friends of the President)5Socialist Militant8GEA (Special Support Groups)102.September 11, 1973153.Clandestine Life24A Personal Choice25Contact on Italia Avenue28Party Work29Ricardo Ruz Zanartu324.At the Yucatan Detention Center355.Tejas Verdes416.Military Hospital (Hosmil)47Other Prisoners at the Hosmil52Conversation with the Assistant Director55The Chaplain and the Eucharist577.Nightmare in the Bathroom59Rodolfo, Air Force Soldier61End of the First Detention638.Freedom under Surveillance659.Second Detention73My Grandfather76Private Rodolfo Under Interrogation82In the Tower at Villa Grimaldi8510.Back to the Yucatan Detention Center89Ricardo Lawrence Mires92Collaboration95Further and Further10511.Nightmares107Marcelo Moren Brito110At the Yucatan Detention Center Again112A Companero from the Party113Mario Aguilera Salazar11412.Another Detention Center117You Are Luz, I Will Be Sombra119Osvaldo Romo124Cuatro Alamos128The Unborn One129Part 213.Ollague Detention Center13314.Traitor and Whore142Palmira Almuna Guzman, "Pepa"146Lieutenant "Pablo"14715.My Lung Infection and My Last Meeting with My Brother151Thoughts at Ollague152Hunger for Bread154Seeing My Family154Female Personnel at Ollague15516.Lumi Videla Moya158Sergio Perez Molina16417.The Day Miguel Died166Alejandra's Suicide Attempt168Captain Ferrer, Alias "Max Lenou"16918.The Terranova/Villa Nova Grimaldi Detention Center173Another Christmas Present176Christmas 1974177New Year's Eve at Terranova178Investigation18319.My Son and Family Court185Creating the Vampiro Group186Rolf Wenderoth Pozo18720.A Companero: "Joel"195Bill Beausire Alonso196Hugo Martinez, Alias "Tano"197The Eight from Valparaiso199Lautaro Videla's Arrest201Marcelo Moren Brito's Nephew202The Press Conference202The Little House Next to the Tower20321.Major Wenderoth's Trip204General Bonilla's Death206Alfredo Rojas's Arrest207Delia208Ariel Mancilla210Pedro Espinoza's Trip21022.The Cigarette Case212Leonardo Schneider, Alias "El Barba"21723.DINA Employee219"Marcos's" Escape220The Arrests of Ricardo Lagos, Exequiel Ponce, and Carlos Lorca Tobar221At the San Borja Towers222The 119223An Incident with Fuentes Morrison224Battle on Malloco Street22524.Christmas at Terranova229Patricio230Hasbun and Contreras234Testimony before the United Nations23425.Analyst at the Department of Intelligence236Edgardo Enriquez Espinoza238OAS Meeting in Chile239Carmelo Soria240The DINA behind Criminal Acts240My Son's Visit with His Father24126.National Intelligence School24427.After the National Intelligence School253"Chaty," Army Second Lieutenant254Uruguayan Identity255Change from the DINA to the CNI25728.Colonel Contreras25929.Contreras's Promotion to General264Contreras Is Replaced267Michael Townley269Farewell Reception at the General's House270Incident with Colonel Pantoja272Rolf Wenderoth's Resignation273Interval in San Antonio27530.The CNI Investigates the DINA277Another Meeting with Pantoja278Colonel Suau279The Trial and the Incident with Colonel Concha281Part 331.In the CNI's Computer Unit287Peace and Instability289Letter of Resignation294Fragments of an Identity29732.Operation Celeste300An Incident at the Munchen Restaurant303Dolly's Place304Visitors from Chile307Trip to Santiago310Back to Montevideo311Return to Chile313Ricardo Ruz's Death31433.Meeting Juan Manuel316In Hiding Again319Pain and Happiness in My Family319Conversion and Father Gerardo321Father Jose Luis32434.Declaration before the National Truth and Reconciliation Commission326Carlos Fresno330Meeting with Erika and Viviana33235.In Europe336Above All a Christian337On Hatred and Reencounters338Gloria Olivares340The Chilean Bureau of Investigation34136.In the Courts343Encounter with Rolf Wenderoth Pozo344Encounters with Gerardo Urrich and Manuel Carevic346Basclay Zapata, Alias "El Troglo"348Fernando Lauriani35037.Miguel Krassnoff Martchenko354Face-to-Face with Marcelo Moren Brito355Encounter with Ricardo Lawrence Mires357Other Court Proceedings35838.Maria Alicia, Alias "Carola," Alejandra, and Luz360Dobra Lusic Nadal363"I Did Not Do This for Me Alone"364From Slavery to Freedom365How Can I Hate Someone Who Could Someday Be My Brother?36639.The Iron Fist371Index373
