Inês Etienne Romeu facts for kids
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Inês Etienne Romeu
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Inês Etienne Romeu
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| Born | 1942-12-18 Pouso Alegre, Brasil
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| Died | April 27, 2015 (aged 72) Niterói, Brasil
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| Nationality | Brazilian |
| Known for | believed to have been the only captive to survive detention in a Brazilian torture centre known as the Casa da Morte, "the house of death" |
Inês Etienne Romeu (December 18, 1942 – April 27, 2015) was a Brazilian political prisoner held in extrajudicial detention in a Brazilian torture camp in the early 1970s. Romeu has been described as the sole captive to survive the camp.
In 2014, Colonel Paulo Malhães testimony to the National Truth Commission revealed that Colonel of the Army Cyro Guedes Etchegoyen was the person in charge of the House of Death. He was head of the Army Information Center (CIE) from 1971 to 1974. He was also in charge of a group Brazilian military sent to train Augusto Pinochet's military personnel. Colonel Etchegoyen was trained at US Army School of the Americas. Paulo Malhães, would later claim that the purpose of the center was to convince suspected political opponents to serve as double agents against regime opponents.
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Captive years
Romeu was the only captive held in the center trusted with the role of a double agent. However, once she was put in the field, her handlers decided she was insincere, and she was re-apprehended and given a life sentence. She ended up being imprisoned for a further eight years, being released in 1979.
Later life
Romeu published a memoir, describing her detention.
In 2003 a man who represented himself as a carpenter entered Romeu's home and attacked her, leaving her with traumatic brain injuries. Nevertheless, she continued to be honored. In 2009 President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva awarded Romeu with an award for "Right to Memory and Truth".
Death
Romeu died in Niterói, Brazil, in April, 2015, at the age of 72.
See also
In Spanish: Inês Etienne Romeu para niños
