45 The witnesses that survived were taken to the area known as “no man’s land”. They were put face down for hours and guarded with dogs without muzzles. Many of them were beaten, they were not given water or food, and they were not allowed to use the bathroom or change their clothes. There was no consideration with pregnant women or the elderly. After the events of the Criminal Center Castro Castro the inmates were submitted to a very strict disciplinary regimen. The transfer from the area “no man’s land” to pavilions 1A and 4B already rebuilt was done through a “dark alley”, a form of punishment that consists in forcing the prisoner to walk through a double line of officials armed with blunt elements such as pipes, and metallic or rubber sticks. As the prisoner advances he receives multiple hits, falls down, and receives more blows until he reaches the other end of the alley. The prisoners were forced to sing the national anthem, which starts with the verse “we are free”. That was the reason why they resisted singing, and therefore received innumerable beatings with rigid and hard sticks all throughout their body and on the soles of their feet. This practice is known as “falanga” and it produces local bruises, intense pain, and difficulty when walking. Some victims may suffer from chronicle pain due to enlargement of the plantar aponeurosis and even fractures of the bones of the metatarsus. They were also punished with electricity applied with an electric stick that generally does not leave markings, just an intense acute pain. All these forms of punishment were collective and due to the severity and physical and psychological consequences are consistent with torture. They were forced to stay in punishment rooms without being allowed to sit or lie down. The consequences in the people examined are permanent. On one hand the memories of the events are recorded in the brain and said memories can be relived due to different stimuli. Many torture victims present post-traumatic stress and in some cases it may be permanent. On the other hand, the survivors have permanent physical limitations and some have worsened due to lack of treatment. 3. Ana Deutsh, specialist in the attention of torture victims She performed a psychological and psychosocial evaluation on 13 of the alleged victims. The specific characteristics of the attack on the Criminal Center Castro Castro permit the classification of this episode as a “collective torture” due to the following elements: the attack was unexpected and the inmates were in a defenseless state, since they were sleeping; the attack was massive and aggressive and given the characteristics of the weapons used its intent was to annihilate in an indiscriminate manner. The inmates remained with fear that they were going to die. Besides, an intense psychological and emotional suffering was triggered since the wounded did not receive attention and their prison mates had to helplessly observe this situation. They were also deprived of food and water. The attacks came from the State’s security forces. These situations fit into the elements of torture, pursuant to the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment. The fact that the attack started in the pavilion where the women that were political prisoners were located and where several of them were pregnant, would indicate an intentional selection against the women. Besides, the fact that this attack was planned to end on Mother’s Day was interpreted and felt like an additional