“Unified” and “consolidated” were how the former US ambassador, Robert White, described the chain of command. Having warned the State Department about the far right in 1980 and 1981, he was another witness for the plaintiffs. “One word” from the minister of defense, White said, and the worst human rights offenders in the armed forces “would be gone.” But that was never the case; Vides Casanova and García had protected the worst abusers.
