Article 6YYYM ‘Cemetery of the living dead’: Venezuelans recall 125 days in notorious El Salvador prison

‘Cemetery of the living dead’: Venezuelans recall 125 days in notorious El Salvador prison

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Tom Phillips and Clavel Rangel
from on (#6YYYM)

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Arturo Suarez struggles to pinpoint the worst moment of his incarceration inside a prison the warden boasted was a cemetery of the living dead".

Was it the day inmates became so exasperated at being beaten by guards that they threatened to hang themselves with their sheets? The only weapon we had was our own lives," recalled the Venezuelan former detainee.

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