What was he doing in Uruguay, one might ask? Helping teach the police how to torture people. Rest in piss, you piece of shit.
The film they made about it is one of the best films of all time
The 1972 movie State of Siege by Costa-Gavras is based on the story of Mitrione’s kidnapping.
The film opened to positive reviews from critics and is regarded as one of Costa-Gavras’ finest works since the 1969 film Z. While it was released one year later in American theaters, a storm of controversy developed. Many U.S. officials hated the movie and even stated that it was a heap of lies about U.S. involvement in Latin America and other third world countries. In Washington, D.C., it was removed from a special screening at the John F. Kennedy Center, only to be run uncut on a local TV station.
