The Repentants

In 1970 at the height of repression by the military dictatorship five imprisoned guerrillas came to the public to renounce the armed struggle and praise the regime With the repercussion of the declarations the government decided to transform the retractions into a State practice He started to torture opponents to make meaculpa Until 1975 around forty prisoners participated in the repentances as they became known Os Arrependidos recounts the littleremembered story of former militants who very young dropped everything to risk their lives for a cause were arrested and tortured and became a propaganda weapon for their enemies