Tuesday 13 February 2007

Carlos Vega, the virtual millionaire







































Carlos Vega was an assistant professor at San Salvador University when he was abducted and kept in confinement for three weeks. Torture included. He managed to survive his interrogators through sheer luck, considering they were one of the cruelest in Latin America, and fled to San Francisco, California. There he became a Biology teacher.
A few years ago, along with a group of former detainees, he decided to sue the former Salvadoran army colonels living in quiet splendour in Miami. For violation of their fundamental Human Rights. And for a lot of money. And they won their case. There was no money paid since the accused claimed bankruptcy, but it was a win of honor.

Faversham, 2002

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