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Apparently they were released* Also, when It rained very hard,
(I heard the rain In spite of the noise because the roof was
over our heads) they took, out people to release them. They
were careful to have the people well dressed and, In the case
of women, to tie them up as much as possible* I could not see
my husband now, nor speak to him because my new cubicle was
completely made of wood. However, he made friends with an
occasional guard-—that Is, one who,did not work there but came
to fill In because many of them were on vacation. The boy was
really very good, and taking a risk himself, he took us to the
bathroom and let us speak to each other without hoods. Of
course he was present, so that we could only speak about
ourselves. My husband'had a very small hematoma but the doctor
said that the dislocation was not going to be set because a
general anesthesia would be needed to relax the muscles and
that could not be done' there. To do that he would have to- be
transferred, and transfer was impossible. He explained that
the nurse came by evjpry two or three days, but never touched
anyone; however, they usually gave some medicine, mostly
laxatives, antlspamodlcs and eyedrops, because we all had
conjunctivitis because of the hood and the mask. The guards
had the eyedrops; sometimes when somebody said that he needed
them, the guard himself Inserted the drops. I began to feel
bad. I had nightmares about my son every night because despite
their having told me that my parents had him, I did not believe
them. All of this was due to the fact that they had taken off
the white hood and given me a gray one like all the others.
Also, because of the time that had elapsed. I realized that
there was very little possibility that they would release me,
because the ones* they released only stayed a very short time.
I mentioned this to my husband, and he always tried to
encourage me. I spent the day thinking about how to get out, I
began by trying to get to know the place, telling the guard who
took me to the bathroom that with the little water they give us
we were dying of thirst (which was true) and I offered to carry
the bottles as often as necessary and to do any kind of work,
cleaning, etc. I said that from lying down so much I was
beginning to feel weak, and I was afraid that I would not be
able to walk when they took me to my house the following week
(that was pure fabrication). The guard began to take me to
wash the dishes, to the bathroom, and let me go without
handcuffs, to carry water bottles, to clean up the bathrooms.
Some of the trays and dishes had the seal of the Argentine
Army. So the days passed. There were no windows In the
bathroom, but there was a door locked with a key, which was the
guard's closet. 1 found It opened one day, and I saw the
guard's civilian clothing and that the closet had a window