Constantino Coronel, 92, was one of those tortured by the commissioner Eusebio Torres during longest dictatorship in Americathe one imposed by the general Alfredo Stroessner in Paraguay from 1954 to 1989.

Today she was finally able to testify in court, like Guillermina Kanonikoff, Antonio Pecci and others who suffered from arrests, torture and crimes against humanity, that is, those that do not expire.

– Guillermina commented.

We hope that this executioner, the great executioner Eusebio Torres… He tortured me while in the Investigation Department in March 77, when I had an eight-month-old son.

Unlike Argentina, very few police officers from the Paraguayan dictatorship have yet been brought to justice. That is why the importance of this case, which could establish exemplary and inspiring precedent.

⚠️HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS DEMAND THE CONVICTION OF TORMENTOR EUSEBIO TORRES

📌The oral and public trial of former Commissioner Eusebio Torres, accused of torture and crimes against humanity, is underway. pic.twitter.com/1ZUj89rm0j

— RTV (@rtvparaguay) February 9, 2024

“Most of them have evaded all tests and blocked through the chicanes, so we are here as citizens, as former prisoners of the sinister time that our country has lived through,” said Antonio Pecci after testifying before the court and under the watchful gaze of Torres, who attended the trial via telematics.

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