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| + | In 1960, he was assigned to the [[US State Department]]'s [[International Cooperation Administration]], going to [[South American]] countries to teach "advanced counterinsurgency techniques." [[A. J. Langguth]], a former ''[[New York Times]]'' bureau chief in [[Saigon]], claimed that Mitrione was among the US advisers teaching [[Brazil]]ian police how much electric shock to apply to prisoners without killing them.<ref>Langguth, p. 40</ref> Langguth also claimed that older police officers were replaced "when the [[CIA]] and the U.S. police advisers had turned to harsher measures and sterner men"<ref>Langguth, p. 286</ref> and that under Mitrione as the new head of the US Public Safety program in [[Uruguay]], the United States "introduced a system of nationwide identification cards, like those in Brazil… [and] torture had become routine at the [[Montevideo]] [police] jefatura."<ref name="nsa71">[http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB71/ Nixon: "Brazil Helped Rig the Uruguayan Elections", 1971], ''[[National Security Archive|National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 71]]'', June 20, 2002</ref> | ||
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| + | In 1978 [[Manuel Hevia Cosculluela]], a CIA agent who had worked with Mitrione in Montevideo, published a book about his experiences (Eight Years with the CIA). According to Cosculluela, Mitrione had tortured four beggars to death with electric shocks at a 1970 seminar to demonstrate his techniques for Uruguayan police trainees. Cosculluela reported that Mitrione worked under William Cantrell, another CIA agent.<ref>http://spartacus-educational.com/JFKmitrione.htm</ref> | ||
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 Daniel Mitrione     (policeman) | |
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| Born | August 4, 1920 |
| Died | August 10, 1970 (Age 50) |
Career
In 1960, he was assigned to the US State Department's International Cooperation Administration, going to South American countries to teach "advanced counterinsurgency techniques." A. J. Langguth, a former New York Times bureau chief in Saigon, claimed that Mitrione was among the US advisers teaching Brazilian police how much electric shock to apply to prisoners without killing them.[1] Langguth also claimed that older police officers were replaced "when the CIA and the U.S. police advisers had turned to harsher measures and sterner men"[2] and that under Mitrione as the new head of the US Public Safety program in Uruguay, the United States "introduced a system of nationwide identification cards, like those in Brazil… [and] torture had become routine at the Montevideo [police] jefatura."[3]
In 1978 Manuel Hevia Cosculluela, a CIA agent who had worked with Mitrione in Montevideo, published a book about his experiences (Eight Years with the CIA). According to Cosculluela, Mitrione had tortured four beggars to death with electric shocks at a 1970 seminar to demonstrate his techniques for Uruguayan police trainees. Cosculluela reported that Mitrione worked under William Cantrell, another CIA agent.[4]
References
- ↑ Langguth, p. 40
- ↑ Langguth, p. 286
- ↑ Nixon: "Brazil Helped Rig the Uruguayan Elections", 1971, National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 71, June 20, 2002
- ↑ http://spartacus-educational.com/JFKmitrione.htm
