suzacq it was identified by witnesses as one of the doctors who acted during the tortures committed during the dictatorship. According to the victims, advised the military on “when to stop or continue with the torture”, facts that “would constitute the crimes of abuse of authority against the detainees, serious injuries and illegal deprivation of liberty classified as crimes against humanity”.
The member of the Mothers and Relatives of the Disappeared Detainees of Uruguay, Elena Zaffaroniwho was witness to the torture of her husbandLuis Eduardo González González, of the PCR, said that Suzacq’s role was to “resuscitate detainees when they suffered cardiac arrest during torture.”
The court battle
Last Wednesday, the 72-year-old doctor, refused to be extradited and he limited himself to saying that he knew what he had “read” when asked if he was aware of the alleged events that occurred in 1974 and 1975during the dictatorship (1973-1985), when he worked in a military unit.
His lawyer claimed that the facts “would be prescribed”but the court found that This is not the case “because they are crimes against humanity”. Meanwhile, the prosecution defended the extradition arguing that Spain and Uruguay they have a extradition agreement.
In March 2021, Spain extradited another person to Uruguay claimed for crimes against humanitythe Uruguayan Colonel Eduardo Ferroaccused of illegal detention, torture and disappearance of young opponents during the dictatorship.
Source: Ambito
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