Torture a hallmark of Phoenix’s drug kidnappings
19th May 2009
What – waterboarding? Caterpillars? Sleep deprivation? Loud rap music? Not hardly.
For two and a half days after Andrade’s abduction, the kidnappers — including Aldo Vizcarra, whom Andrade had considered a friend — deprived their victim of food and water. Through the door of the closet where he was held, Andrade could hear the cries of other victims being tortured in the house, the report said.
Meanwhile, Valencia had defied the kidnappers and called police, who listened to Andrade “scream and howl in pain” over the phone as the kidnappers tried to cut off his ear and a finger. The torture would continue until Valencia came up with the ransom, the kidnappers told her.
“Jaime felt his legs being forced apart and heard Aldo say he was going to get his money,” the report said. The kidnappers then sodomized him with a broomstick, a pair of scissors and a wooden dowel used to hang clothes in a closet.
Kidnappers will smash their victims’ fingers with bricks, snip their backs open with wire cutters, carve them up with knives or simply shoot them.
Compare that to Gitmo, where the prisoners get three hot meals a day, private prayer time, free medical care, and lawyers at taxpayer expense.