Faces of Death III Page #7

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began to chase

the drifting parachutes.

Cecil Clemmons,

the owner of Gatorama,

remembers that

tragic day.

The most terrible thing

that I have ever witnessed

was one evening

I come out on the patio

and I see this man

coming down in a parachute.

And he landed right

in the crockpit.

And he just made

one big scream,

and the most

horrible looking face

you ever seen on

a human being,

that was him.

And before

I could get any help,

or any way to get

him out of there,

they had pulled him

to shreds.

Grab his legs.

Oh, sh*t,

look what they done to him.

There was nothing

I could do.

There was nothing

anybody could do,

Adams had landed on a target

which this time

would cost him

his life.

I first visited the country

of El Salvador 20 years ago.

At that time,

there was hope

that this

Central American nation

would become a great

ally of the United States.

Unfortunately, it was

a short-lived dream,

for this country is now in a

state of total political anarchy.

Sitting here, you would think

everything is peaceful and serene,

but what you don't see

is a 15-foot wall

surrounding

this property.

When it becomes dangerous

to leave your house after dark

because of a virtual

war in the streets,

your own life

takes on new meaning.

That is the basic reason why

I came back to El Salvador.

What I have learned

is that political ideals

are more important

than human life.

Unfortunately for

the illiterate peasants

and the children

of this country,

it is the men

with guns

that decide

their political destiny.

In El Salvador,

torture is a common technique

used to obtain

information from prisoners.

The military records

these sessions

for their private files, and

occasionally, public display.

Carlos Marino was a man

who happened to be

in the right place

at the wrong time.

A seemingly routine

investigation

had become a horrible

nightmare for Carlos.

The methods of

extracting information

are as old as

civilization itself;

crude, but effective.

When Carlos did not respond to

the interrogation techniques,

the pain

was increased.

The aim was to loosen

his tongue

through a combination

of pain and fear.

(Spanish speaking)

The merciless questioning

continued for hours,

and still the

uncooperative prisoner

refused to give

the proper answers.

A new set of techniques

had to be employed,

but first an unconscious

Carlos had to be revived.

But even in a

semi-stupor,

Carlos wasn't able to provide

the needed information.

Totally disoriented

and racked with pain,

Carlos was indeed a very brave

man, or totally innocent,

for few people could withstand this

terrible agony without cracking.

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