murdered by argentine dietatorship RAFAEL "NESTOR" LASALA Our Argentine comrade
Rafael Lasala ("Nestor'"), a leader of the Grupo Obrero Revolucionario (GOR - Revolutionary Workers Group, a sympathizing organization of the Fourth International), was murdered in cold blood in the prison in La Plata August 29. The authorities are trying to present this crime as a suicide, but the body given over to the family bears unmistakable marks of torture. After receiving various information, we are now in position to describe what really happened. The guards found a message on Nestor during a search. They took him to a punishment cell and subjected him to three sessions of torture, which he did not survive. This crime is one of the most brutal of the military dictatorship, comparable to those committed against the comrades imprisoned in Córdoba, who have been killed "while trying to escape." Comrade Nestor had studied at the University of La Plata, where he participated in the student struggles of 1958-1960. He entered into contact with left organizations before returning to his native village of General Roca (in the province of Rio Negro). In 1967 he decided to plunge actively into revolutionary activity, to give up his profession, and to move to Buenos Aires. There he joined the PRT-Combatiente, in which he took part in the debate that led to the 1971 split that resulted in the formation of the GOR. He assumed all the tasks of our organization, from intervention in the workers movement to political elaboration to armed action. He represented the GOR at the Tenth World Congress of the Fourth International in January 1974. Arrested in August of the same year, he was tortured but refused to give out any information at all; he was imprisoned in Villa Devoto, Rawson, and La Plata prisons. He always maintained a high revolutionary morale and participated in the political life of our organization to the utmost of his possibilities. The responsibility for the crime belongs to the prison authorities in La Plata and the military dictatorship. We painfully dip our flag in homage to this murdered comrade, who joins the already long list of those who have fallen for the socialist revolution. Political Bureau of the GOR Buenos Aires, September 12, 1976
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