@fennec &
@pedrub1k
4 years as an reservist officer in a South American air force, listening to former "School of the Americas" graduates....if you understand me.
Plus, listening to, and reading reports about, former "Plan Condor" prisoners, and what kind of imaginative interrogation techniques were employed upon them during the "bad times".
The mid 60's to the mid 80's were a particularly bad time throughout South America, especially in Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay....many thousands were "disappeared" for various reasons.
I didn't join until the late 80's, long after the dictatorships were all ended, and democracy was well established again.