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OIKION-SOLANO, Verónica. Repression and Torture in Mexico in the 1970s: A Political Testimony. Hist. graf [online]. 2011, n.37, pp.115-148. ISSN 1405-0927.

The objective of this essay is to rescue the political testimony of Francisco Juventino Campaña López -a member of the Fuerzas Revolucionarias Armadas del Pueblo ("People's Armed Revolutionary Forces")- concerning his detention, sequestering and torture that began in August 1973. His case reveals the details of the terrorist violence exercised by the Mexican State through the orchestrated repression it unleashed against militants in radical, armed, leftist organizations in the 1970s. In order to place the "woof and warp" of that repressive scenario in context, the article first explores the contradictions between the theory of the aforementioned guerrilla group and its actions, before going on to analyze the passages of Campañas testimony as they relate to the crimes against humanity of which he was made a victim. Finally, it adopts the perspective of historical memory to expound the reasons that justify the substantive importance of this testimony on the road towards justice and historical truth.

Palabras llave : repression; torture; political testimony; revolutionary left; historical memory.

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