Secrets of the General. For the first time since the military regimes of Latin America crumbled, the full records of horror and repression can be revealed. With access to the entire files of the Paraguay secret police, this film exposes four decades of complicity between western governments and dictator
General Alfredo Stroessner. This allowed arms embargoes to be evaded, known Nazis to remain free, drugs barons to operate with impunity, and notorious terrorists to travel freely. Emily Buchanan reports. Producer John Pett
Editor John Morrison An Independent Image production for BBCtv