Venda Sexy

The Venda Sexy is an estate near Santiago, Chile that was used as a torture center by the DINA secret police during the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.[1]

Venda Sexy
Prison camp used during the Military dictatorship of Chile
View of the former Venda Sexy
Location of Venda Sexy in contemporary Chile
Coordinates33°26′56″S 70°40′9″W
Known forInternment of Pinochet's dissidents during his military dictatorship
LocationSantiago
Operated byDINA (when the estate acted as a prison)
Operational1973-1975
InmatesPinochet's dissidents
Killed18 claimed

Description of the estate

The house was divided in three floors and it was surrounded by a garden. The estate acted as a prison between September 1973 and November 1975.

It was called Venda Sexy for the sexual abuse that the inmates suffered during the detention. Another name that was given to the estate was La Discothéque for the music that was played when the inmates were tortured.

The concentration camp was used for a different purpose from that of Villa Grimaldi.

In 1974 numerous members of the leftist guerrilla group MIR were interned in the camp.

References

  1. Porteous, Clinton (13 May 2004). "Chile's Pinochet victims testify". BBC. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
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