Stuart Markowitz: Why were you in Argentina in 1979, sir?
Peter Reynolds: I was one of a number of Americans there with the agrarian reform movement. We were trying to bring about a redistribution of a land. I had been there about 6 months at the time of my arrest.
Stuart Markowitz: What were you arrested for?
Peter Reynolds: No one ever said. They just came in the middle of the night and took me to prison.
Stuart Markowitz: When did you first meet the defendant?
Peter Reynolds: A few days later. They took me to a room. There were three men there. He was one of them.
Stuart Markowitz: What happened in their room?
Peter Reynolds: They... told me to take off my clothes. They strapped me to the machine. Mr. Mendez pour a pail of ice water over my head and wired an electrode to my genitals. He pushed a switch and a jolt of an electricity hit me. My head snapped back, my whole body shook, and... and then he did it again. And after each time, he would turn a dial, so that the next one would be just that little bit worse. Finally, the pain got so bad that I passed out.
Stuart Markowitz: Was this type of session ever repeated?
Peter Reynolds: Over the 2 years, that I was held, there were 34 such sessions.
Stuart Markowitz: And did Mr. Mendez himself always administer the torture?
Peter Reynolds: Yes. It was always Mr. Mendez.
Stuart Markowitz: After you were released from prison, when did you next see Mr. Mendez?
Peter Reynolds: 3 years ago. His photograph was in the paper. American dream come true. Penniless immigrant makes good opens 8 new dry cleaning locations in one year alone.
Stuart Markowitz: And what about you, Peter? How do you support yourself?
Peter Reynolds: I can't work. My mother... gives me enough for a furnished room, and cigarettes... and I do odd jobs when I can. At night, I... can't sleep during the day. Well, I - I take medication that keeps me pretty even, but... mostly, I just walk around.
Stuart Markowitz: I have nothing further.