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among his things
some press cIippings
:45:04
about various murders.
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That's when they realized
he was such an evil man.
:45:14
Aro Tolbukhin is now held
:45:17
in Pavon Prison since recovering
from his injuries.
:45:21
He was taken into custody
by the AIta Verapaz court,
:45:25
where he confessed to new crimes.
:45:28
He is heId responsibIe for the
deaths of 5 pregnant women.
:45:31
AII murdered and burnt
between 1 979
:45:34
and 1 981 .
:45:54
It was a sensationaI case
:45:57
It caught the pubIic's eye.
:46:03
There wasn't much enthusiasm
to defend ToIbukhin.
:46:06
I saw it as a professionaI chaIIenge.
:46:09
I was younger then.
:46:12
I defended anyone
for the experience
:46:16
and the chaIIenge of
decIaring them innocent.
:46:20
ToIbukhin, in his confession
:46:23
before the court said:
:46:24
''I have kiIIed 1 7 other women.''
:46:28
And he added this detail:
:46:30
The women were pregnant.
:46:32
And all these 1 7 women,
:46:35
were kiIIed in the Iast 1 2 years,
:46:40
whiIe he traveIIed the worId
:46:43
as a merchant marine.
:46:45
He says he burned them.
:46:48
But when two of the women's
bodies were exhumed,
:46:51
pIastics bags were found
on their heads.
:46:54
And traces of gamezan in their hair.
:46:57
Gamezan was used by
the miIitary during the war