Title: Torn from the world
Description: "Andrés Tzompaxtle Tecpile was torn from the world. Abducted off the street, blindfolded and beaten, he was brought to a Mexican military facility and "disappeared." Tzompaxtle, a young indigenous man and member of an insurgent guerrilla movement, was subjected to months of interrogation and torture as the military tried to extract information from him. In an effort to buy time to protect his family and comrades, and to keep himself alive, he lead his captors on fruitless journeys to abandoned safe-houses and false rendezvous locations for four months. Finally, faced with imminent execution, he decided to make what he thought was a suicidal attempt at escape; when he miraculously survived, he was able to return underground. Gleaned from years of clandestine interviews, Tzompaxtle's story offers a rare glimpse into chronic injustice, underground resistance movements, and the practice of forced disappearance and torture in contemporary Mexico" --
Subjects: Victims of state-sponsored terrorism, Disappeared persons, Interviews, Underground movements, Ejército Popular Revolucionario (Mexico), Victims of crimes, legal status, laws, etc., Guerrero (mexico : state), War Underground movements, LAW / Criminal Law / General, HISTORY / Latin America / Mexico, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Social Activists, Guerrillas, Biography, Politics and government, Ej ̐ưercito Popular Revolucionario (Mexico), Eje rcito Popular Revolucionario (Mexico)
Places: Guerrero (Mexico : State), Mexico
People: Andrés Tzompaxtle Tecpile
Time periods: 2000-