Carlos Loza
| Carlos Loza | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | port worker |
| Known for | One of only 100 individuals to survive interrogation at Argentina's ESMA |
Carlos Loza is an Argentinian who was a rare survivor a clandestine torture centre run by the Argentine dictatorship of the 1970s.[1][2] Of the approximately 5,000 individuals held and tortured at ESMA, formerly the Navy Mechanics Institute, Loza was one of only 100 to survive.
After the restoration of democracy Loza helped document the stories of the other desaparecidos (the disappeared).[3] Individuals like Loza were called the disappeared as Argentinian security officials clandestinely kidnapped suspects, and held them in secret, to terrorize their friends and relatives.
Prior to his capture Loza was a port worker.[1]
Loza shared a cell with Hernán Abriata, in 1976, and, when former interrogator Mario Sandoval was extradited from France, Loza testified against him at his trial for Abriata's murder.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lucia Cholakian. Dictatorship torturer found teaching at Sorbonne sentenced to 15 years, Buenos Aires Herald, 2022-12-22. Retrieved on 2022-12-23. “Former port workers Carlos Loza, Oscar Repossi and Rodolfo Picheni, who were also detained in ESMA between 1976 and 1977, gave testimonies that were essential to reconstructing Abriata’s passage through the facility.”
- ↑ Josh Salisbury. Mario Sandoval: Ex-policeman who worked at notorious Argentine torture centre jailed, The Standard, 2022-12-22. Retrieved on 2022-12-22.
- ↑ Carlos Loza. Hernán Abriata: Nació el 13 de Diciembre de 1951 - Desapareció el 20 de octubre de 1976, desaparecidos. Retrieved on 2022-12-22. (in Spanish) “Era estudiante de la FADU/UBA. Estuvo detenido en la ESMA, donde fue visto por Carlos Loza. Allí fue torturado.”
- ↑ Sam Jones. Suspected Argentinian torturer who taught at Sorbonne extradited by France, The Guardian, 2019-12-16. Retrieved on 2022-12-23. “Carlos Loza, a friend of Abriata and a fellow detainee at the Esma, told a judge that Abriata was tortured several times. Loza said the last time he saw Abriata “was between 4 and 5 January 1977”, adding that he was being “transferred” – a euphemism for being taken away to be executed.”