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line with the door, I opened it. They quickly entered and
grabbed me by the arms. I was frightened and screamed. They
said "Keep quiet, for the baby's sake-' and asked me where my
husband was. I replied that he worked at the Clinic. Then
they began to search the house, locking me and my son in his
room. They searched the living room and dining room,
dismanteled the stove and the Venetian blinds, and removed the
pictures from the walls. I saw this being done because the
baby asked to go to the bathroom and they let me take him.
After half an hour, they ordered me to prepare the baby's
supper. They were courteous to me and told me they knew that I
had done nothing. They said they had come looking for my
husband. After a while, they brought the janitor in and locked
him in the apartment also. They said they had' done this to
keep him from warning my husband. They did the same thing with
a neighbor, who came in because he thought that thieves had
broken in. The janitor, who was a very old man, was very
frightened, tfy husband arrived at about 2 o'clock and unlocked
the door with his keys. When they heard the elevator, they
again sent me to my son's room. They Immediately locked
themselves up with' my husband in our room and I began to hear
the sounds of a struggle, pushing and blows. Later, an officer
of the Army Intelligence Service arrived along with another
officer.

They were all well dressed, in suits and ties and carrying
a walkle talkie. They came in and out quietly and, on one
occasion, brought sweets and toys for the baby, who behaved
very well with them because they let him touch their
revolvers. The^ told me to prepare clothing for the baby,
since they had decided to take me with them. I asked them to
let him say goodbye to his father and they did so. I then saw
my husband with his hands tied with a cable. I explained to
the child that they were going to take him to his grandmother's
house and I begged them to do so. I gave them the address of
my mother in El Chaco and her telephone number. Then they took
us away. They took the money we had in our pockets and any
jewelry they found. They said that if I was taking any
medicine to bring it with me, and I did so. I went down in the
elevator with my husband and three of them. They put
sunglasses on me with paper pasted on the inside of the
lenses. My husband's hands were tied. It was 2130 hours.
They took us in separate cars. I was taken in a bright yellow
car. I sat in the back of the car with one of them. The ones
in the front seat had not entered the apartment. They asked,
quietly, why my hands were not tied. The one in the back
answered: "That's no problem". While we were driving down the
first streets, I tried to see the road; from Fatriclos, we