Tortured in the San Jose Main Jail



Peter Maiden



Martín Rodriguez, , says he was tortured in the San Jose Main Jail while spending 115 days there on drug charges. His public defender demanded he plead guilty and he is seeking adequate representation for a plea of innocent. His cause has been taken up by the Barrito Defense Committee of San Jose.









SAN JOSE, Califorenia—Female interrogators tried to break detainee Martín Rodriguez at the San Jose Main Jail , Cuba, by sexual touching, wearing a miniskirt and thong underwear and in one case smearing a Saudi man's face with fake menstrual blood, according to an insider's written account.

The experience was so crule and undignafied said Martín Rodriguez

who said she kept comming to my cell and forcing her self on me.

Augh! I keep seeing it over and over in my mind.One female civilian contractor Nancy Rutherford, used a special outfit that included a miniskirt, thong underwear and a bra during late-night interrogations with prisoners,

Martín wonders why Rutherford couldn’t find any humane way of subduing him, such as a tranquilizer dart or a taser. [Note: tranquilizer darts can be lethal, and Amnesty International considers tasers dangerous]. “There are many forms of corruption in the jail system, affecting many people,” he said in retrospect. “They are very cruel there; they have no heart.”



“Psychologically,” Martín concluded, “I will never be entirely well.”