瑞典球员自爆：曾在阿根廷世界杯期间被审讯
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A Swedish international footballer has revealed that he was questioned by Argentine military men during the 1978 World Cup. Ralf Edstrom told Radio Sweden that he was probably targeted by the secret services after a chance meeting with a local lawyer in a cafe. The lawyer told him about the government's persecution of dissidents. The tournament was played under the rule of Gen Jorge Videla, who was later convicted of human rights abuses. Mr Edstrom said that he left the team's hotel for an evening walk on the eve of a group match against Austria in Buenos Aires. Shortly after he was surrounded by armed men who ordered him to walk with them to a nearby building. "I was questioned by a man who was wearing dark sunglasses and sitting by a desk," Mr Edstrom told Radio Sweden. "My heart was beating strong, even though I kept telling myself that they would not dare do any harm to an international player during the World Cup." He was released after showing his accreditation proving that he was a member of the Swedish football team. 'Difficult situation' Mr Edstrom was one of Sweden's top players at the time, having played in the previous World Cup, in West Germany. The striker also played for Sweden's IFK Goteborg, Dutch side PSV and Monaco. He said he only mentioned the incident to a few fellow players, but not to the manager or anyone else. "I considered telling the story to the media at the time, but then I thought it was a very difficult situation, as we were in Argentina and in the middle of a World Cup," he said. When asked by Radio Sweden to share his memories of the Swedish 78 campaign for a documentary, Mr Edstrom felt it was time to reveal the incident. "I think it all happened because of that casual encounter in a cafe. I began talking to a man who was there and happened to be a lawyer. "He started to cry as he told me about the violence that was going on in his country. We ended up hugging each other. Two days later, I was abducted because I had been seen with that man," said Mr Edstrom. Gen Videla died last year in jail, serving a lengthy sentence for the deaths of 31 people during the 1976-83 military dictatorship. Up to 30,000 people were tortured and killed during this period, in a campaign known as the "Dirty War".
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据英国广播公司5月30日报道，瑞典世界级足球运动员拉尔夫·埃德斯特隆最近透露，他曾在1978年的世界杯期间被阿根廷官兵审问。 拉尔夫·埃德斯特隆（Ralf Edstrom）告诉瑞典电台，他可能因在咖啡馆偶遇当地一名律师而被特勤机关盯上。该律师向埃德斯特隆透露了阿根廷政府迫害异见分子的事情。当时在位的是豪尔赫·拉菲尔·魏地拉，他后来以侵犯人权被定罪。 埃德斯特隆称，当晚在布宜诺斯艾利斯有场对阵奥地利队的小组比赛，当时他离开足球队下榻的酒店出来散步。出来没多久他就被武装人员包围住了，后被带入附近一栋大楼。 “我被一名男子审问，他戴着墨镜，坐在桌子旁。”埃德斯特隆称。“尽管我不停地告诉自己，他们不敢在世界杯期间对一名国际球员怎么样，但是我当时还是心跳加速。” 在埃德斯特隆出示了自己是瑞典足球队队员的证明之后，这些人就将其释放。 埃德斯特隆当时是瑞典的顶级球员之一，曾参加过联邦德国举办的世界杯，还为瑞典IFK哥德堡、荷兰埃因霍温足球俱乐部和摩纳哥踢过球。 阿根廷在决赛中打败荷兰队，魏地拉为丹尼尔·阿尔贝托·帕萨雷拉颁发世界杯奖杯，他说他只向几个队友提到过这件事，并没有告诉过其他人，也没告诉过教练。“当时我考虑过是否要把这件事告诉媒体，但后来我觉得这会是个尴尬局面，因为当时我们在阿根廷，而且世界杯还没有结束，”他说。 当瑞典电台问他能否透露他所知道的瑞典78年纪录片运动时，埃德斯特隆觉得是时候公开这件事了。“我认为整个件事起因于那次咖啡馆的偶遇。当时我主动和一位男子谈话，而这名男子碰巧是名律师。” “他一边告诉我他的国家正在遭受暴力危害，一边哭了起来。最后我们俩互相拥抱。两天后我被绑架，就是因为之前我见过那个律师。”埃德斯特隆说。 在1976年-1983年的军事独裁期间魏地拉使用酷刑谋31名囚犯的罪行成立被判处终生监禁，去年死于狱中。在那场后来被称作“肮脏战争”的运动中，被折磨和杀害的人数达到三万。 （译者 storm-yan 编辑 高晴）
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