Assertion: torture | /r/CapableOf | become pervasive
Facets:
value: according to juan mendez
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: According to Juan Mendez (a UN Special Advisor who was himself tortured during the Argentinean military dictatorship): “Torture became systematic and pervasive during the military dictatorships of the 1970s and 1980s, but it would be a mistake to trace its origins only as far as this dark era.