DISAPPEARANCE OF PAULO STUART WRIGHT
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Documentos da Public Library of U.S. Diplomacy, datados em Fevereiro de 1974, mostram o esforço da embaixada norte-americana e dos consulados do Rio de Janeiro e São Paulo para localizar o cidadão Paulo Stewart Wright, sequestrado pela ditadura militar no ano de 1973. Paulo era catarinense, filhos de missionários dos EUA - que faziam trabalho religioso na região do rio do peixe em Santa Catarina. O irônico desta história foi o empenho do estado norte-americano em destituir o governo eleito do presidente João Goulart, apoiando o golpe militar e alguns anos após se posicionar contra a violação dos direitos humanos pelo regime ditatorial - que ajudou a colocar no poder:
Com o início do golpe em 1964 e a pressão em cima da Assembleia Legislativa, o mandato de Paulo foi cassado sob a alegação de quebra de decoro parlamentar, por não usar paletó e gravata. Paulo exilou-se no México por um ano e voltou, em 1965, atuando clandestinamente em movimentos revolucionários na AP durante oito anos. Segundo documentos dos órgãos de segurança, conforme o livro Direito à Memória e à Verdade, Paulo foi o representante da AP na reunião da Organização Latino-Americana de Solidariedade – Olas, realizada em Havana, Cuba, em 31 de julho a 10 de agosto de 1967
De acordo com arquivo da Comissão da Verdade, "em 08 de março de 1972, Paulo foi julgado pela primeira auditoria da primeira CJM, sendo absolvido. Em 09 de março de 1972, estava no processo relacionado à AP, no qual 13 dos 64 acusados foram condenados à prisão. Em 14 de março de 1974, quando já estava desaparecido, Paulo foi condenado a cinco anos de prisão pelo Conselho Permanente da Primeira Auditoria da CJM."
Em setembro de 1973, foi sequestrado pelo 2° Exército, preso e levado ao DOI/CODI de São Paulo, no qual foi torturado e morto durante as primeiras 48 horas de cativeiro. A última vez em que foi visto foi descendo de um trem com destino à Mauá. De acordo com um dos amigos de Paulo, que também foi preso e levado ao DOI/CODI, a blusa do ex-deputado estava no chão da sala de interrogatórios, onde foi torturado. Sua morte não foi reconhecida e seu corpo nunca encontrado, permanecendo desaparecido. (fonte Wikipedia).
A embaixada norte-americano cita a SWISS Liga de Direito Humanos, que pedia garantias de vida e direitos de defesa de Wright ao chefe do governo brasileiro. No entanto, pessoas ligadas ao movimento Catholic Worker, no qual os pais de Paulo trabalhavam, dizem que fontes confiáveis afirmavam que o mesmo foi torturado e morto pelo órgão de repressão da ditadura (DOI/CODI). O consulado de São Paulo relata que um proeminente advogado criminal paulista, João Carlos Dias, procurou em novembro de 1973, junto às autoridades militares, a localização de Wright, mas não obteve sucesso. Conforme o advogado, Wright foi torturado até a morte, que um número de circunstâncias o levaram a esta conclusão:
. QUOTE WHILE PROFESSING A LACK OF FIRM INFORMATION CONCERNING WRIGHT'S FATE, DIAS STATED THAT A NUMBER OF CIRCUMSTANTIAL FACTORS HAD LED HIM TO THE CONCLUSION THAT WRIGHT DIED AS A RESULT OF TORTURE SOMETIME IN OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER. AMONG THE DIVERSE FRAGMENTS OF ADMITTEDLY SUBJECTIVE INFORMATION WHICH HE SAID IMPELLED HIM TO THIS VIEW DIAS CITED WRIGHT'S REPUTE AS AN EXCEPTIONALLY STRONG-WILLED, DEDICATED INDIVIDUAL PREPARED TO ENDURE, WITHOUT REVEALING THE INFORMATION BEING DEMANDED OF HIM, THE STANDARD REGIME INTERROGATION PROCEDURES EMPLOYED IN THESE CASES BEYOND THE POINT FROM WHICH RECOVERYWOULD STILL BE PHYSICALLY POSSIBLE. ANOTHER CIRCUMSTANTIAL FACTOR WAS THE MANNER IN WHICH THE OFFICIAL CURTAIN OF SILENCE WAS DRAWN OVER THE WRIGHT CASE. ACCORDING TO DIAS, AUTHORITIESBEGAN TO CLAM UP SOMETIME AFTER WRIGHT'S CAPTURE IN A WAYCONFIDENTIAL
"DIAS STATED IT WAS HIS EDUCATED GUESS THAT WRIGHT MAY HAVEBEEN THE INDIVIDUAL REPORTEDLY KNOWN AS "ANTONIO" WHO PAR-TICIPATED IN A SHOOTOUT BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AGENTS AND SUSPECTED SUBVERSIVES IN RECIFE IN JULY OR AUGUST OF LAST YEAR. DIAS BELIEVED THAT WRIGHT, WOUNDED IN THAT EPISODE, BARELY ELUDED CAPTURE AT THAT TIME ONLY TO BE TRAILED TO SAO PAULO WHERE HE WAS APPREHENDED BY MILITARY AUTHORITIES SOMETIME BETWEEN SEPTEMBER1 AND 5. DIAS FURTHER SPECULATED THAT THE GOVERNMENT'S INTEREST IN WRIGHT STEMMED FROM THE FACT THAT PAULO STUART HAD ASSUMED THE MANTLE OF NATIONAL LEADERSHIP OF THE ACAO POPULAR MOVEMENT FOLLOWING THE EXILE ABROAD OF THAT ORGANIZATION'S CHIEF. AT THE TIME OF HIS CAPTURE, WRIGHT, ALONG WITH OTHER AP MEMBERS HAD CHARGES PENDING AGAINST HIM AS A SUBVERSIVE AND FUGITIVE FROM JUSTICE. DIAS DESCRIBED AP AS A CLANDESTINEMOVEMENT, ORIGINALLY CHRISTIAN IN INSPIRATION, WHICH THE BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT REGARDED AS BEING COMMUNIST-DOMINATED AND SUBVERSIVE.
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1. EFFORTS OF EMBASSY AND CONGENS RIO AND SAO PAULO
HAVE TURNED UP FOUR NEWSPAPER ARTICLES AND TWO MENTIONS
IN CONGRESS. COPIES OF ALL BUT ONE NEWS ARTICLE BEING
POUCHED TO ARA/BR.
2. FOURTH NEWS REPORT, ORIGINAL OF WHICH NOT AVAILABLE
TO EMBASSY, FROM JORNAL DO BRASIL, OCTOBER 21, FOLLOWS:
QUOTE THE SWISS HUMAN RIGHTS LEAGUE SENT A TELEGRAM TO
THE CHIEF OF THE BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT, ASKING GUARANTEES
ON THE LIFE AND RIGHTS OF DEFENSE OF PAULO STEWART WRIGHT,
40 YEARS OLD, DETAINED THIS SEPTEMBER TOGETHER WITH OTHER
PEOPLE. SINCE THE IMPRISONMENT OF THE EX-LEGISLATOR,
NO FURTHER NEWS HAS BEEN HEARD ABOUT HIM, HIS TRIAL, OR
POSSIBLE JUDGMENT, ACCORDING TO THE SWISS ORGANIZATION.
END QUOTE.
3. CONGEN SAO PAULO ON JANUARY 30 REPORTED AS FOLLOWS:
QUOTE NEW YORK TIMES REPORTER, MARVINE HOWE, WHO IS IN
SAO PAULO ON STORY OF RECENT POLICE ROUNDUP OF INDIVIDUALS
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CONNECTED WITH CATHOLIC WORKER MOVEMENT, TOLD US YESTERDAY
HER SOURCES ARE CONVINCED THAT WRIGHT IS DEAD AND THAT
THE GOVERNMENT WILL NEVER CLARIFY THE CIRCUMSTANCES SUR-
ROUNDING HIS DEATH. END QUOTE.
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1. CONGEN SAO PAULO TRANSMITTED ON FEBRUARY 8 THE FOLLOWING
COMMENTS MADE TO CONGEN POLITICAL OFFICERS FEBRUARY 7 BY JOSE
CARLOS DIAS, A PROMINENT SAO PAULO CRIMINAL ATTORNEY WHO
UNSUCCESSFULLY SOUGHT COURTACTION LAST NOVEMBER AIMED AT COMPEL-
LING MILITARY AUTHORITIES TO PRODUCE PAULO STUART WRIGHT OR
TO REVEAL HIS WHEREABOUTS.
2. QUOTE WHILE PROFESSING A LACK OF FIRM INFORMATION CONCERNING
WRIGHT'S FATE, DIAS STATED THAT A NUMBER OF CIRCUMSTANTIAL
FACTORS HAD LED HIM TO THE CONCLUSION THAT WRIGHT DIED AS A
RESULT OF TORTURE SOMETIME IN OCTOBER OR NOVEMBER. AMONG
THE DIVERSE FRAGMENTS OF ADMITTEDLY SUBJECTIVE INFORMATION
WHICH HE SAID IMPELLED HIM TO THIS VIEW DIAS CITED WRIGHT'S
REPUTE AS AN EXCEPTIONALLY STRONG-WILLED, DEDICATED INDIVIDUAL
PREPARED TO ENDURE, WITHOUT REVEALING THE INFORMATION BEING
DEMANDED OF HIM, THE STANDARD REGIME INTERROGATION PROCEDURES
EMPLOYED IN THESE CASES BEYOND THE POINT FROM WHICH RECOVERY
WOULD STILL BE PHYSICALLY POSSIBLE. ANOTHER CIRCUMSTANTIAL FACTOR
WAS THE MANNER IN WHICH THE OFFICIAL CURTAIN OF SILENCE WAS
DRAWN OVER THE WRIGHT CASE. ACCORDING TO DIAS, AUTHORITIES
BEGAN TO CLAM UP SOMETIME AFTER WRIGHT'S CAPTURE IN A WAY
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REMINISCENT OF OTHER CASES IN THE PAST IN WHICH IT WAS LATER
PROVEN THAT PRISONERS HAD DIED AT OFFICIAL HANDS. DIAS FURTHER
STATED THAT THE WRIGHT FAMILY, WHICH HAD RETAINED HIS LEGAL
SERVICES, WAS WELL AWARE OF HIS VIEW AS TO PAULO STUART'S
ILL-FATED END.
3. "DIAS STATED IT WAS HIS EDUCATED GUESS THAT WRIGHT MAY HAVE
BEEN THE INDIVIDUAL REPORTEDLY KNOWN AS "ANTONIO" WHO PAR-
TICIPATED IN A SHOOTOUT BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AGENTS AND SUSPECTED
SUBVERSIVES IN RECIFE IN JULY OR AUGUST OF LAST YEAR. DIAS BELIEVED
THAT WRIGHT, WOUNDED IN THAT EPISODE, BARELY ELUDED CAPTURE
AT THAT TIME ONLY TO BE TRAILED TO SAO PAULO WHERE HE WAS
APPREHENDED BY MILITARY AUTHORITIES SOMETIME BETWEEN SEPTEMBER
1 AND 5. DIAS FURTHER SPECULATED THAT THE GOVERNMENT'S INTEREST
IN WRIGHT STEMMED FROM THE FACT THAT PAULO STUART HAD ASSUMED
THE MANTLE OF NATIONAL LEADERSHIP OF THE ACAO POPULAR MOVEMENT
FOLLOWING THE EXILE ABROAD OF THAT ORGANIZATION'S CHIEF. AT
THE TIME OF HIS CAPTURE, WRIGHT, ALONG WITH OTHER AP MEMBERS
HAD CHARGES PENDING AGAINST HIM AS A SUBVERSIVE AND FUGITIVE
FROM JUSTICE. DIAS DESCRIBED AP AS A CLANDESTINE MOVEMENT,
ORIGINALLY CHRISTIAN IN INSPIRATION, WHICH THE BRAZILIAN
GOVERNMENT REGARDED AS BEING COMMUNIST-DOMINATED AND SUBVERSIVE.
4. 'WHILE DIAS' STATED BASES FOR REACHING HIS CONCLUSION STRIKE
US AS BEING HIGHLY SPECULATIVE, WE HAVE NO EVIDENCE TO
CHALLENGE HIS AND OTHERS' VIEW AS TO WRIGHT'S ULTIMATE FATE.
AFTER WEEKS OF FRUSTRATING INQUIRY INTO THIS SUBJECT, CONGEN
POLITICAL OFFICERS HAVE DISCOVERED NOT ONE SOURCE WHO HOLDS
OUT ANY HOPE THAT PAULO STUART MAY STILL BE ALIVE. WE CAN ONLY
CONCLUDE THAT WRIGHT'S FAMILY PROBABLY HAS DRAWN THE SAME
CONCLUSION. END QUOTE
CRIMMINS
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