On May 9, 1976, I arrived at Vesubio, a clandestine detention center at Camino de Cintura and Richieri highway (Mantanza Department).
Four individuals following Suárez Mason’s orders got me out of a Ford Falcon. I was hooded and my hands were tied behind my
back. Meanwhile, the four individuals insulted me and hit me, forcing me into a room. Once inside, they made me stand against
a wall with my legs extended. Several torturers kicked me in the testicles again and again. This procedure was called ablande. It was intended to intimidate the prisoner before taking him/her into the torture room.
All these events took place at House 3. The clandestine detention center was composed of three areas, each one serving a different
purpose. House 1 contained the headquarters; that is to say, the head office and the manager’s house. The torture rooms –usually
called operating theaters or infirmaries– were at House 2. House 3 contained the prison cells or cuchas (literally, doghouses).