瑞典球員自爆：曾在阿根廷世界杯期間被審訊
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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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據英國廣播公司5月30日報道，瑞典世界級足球運動員拉爾夫·埃德斯特隆最近透露，他曾在1978年的世界杯期間被阿根廷官兵審問。 拉爾夫·埃德斯特隆（Ralf Edstrom）告訴瑞典電臺，他可能因在咖啡館偶遇當地一名律師而被特勤機關盯上。該律師向埃德斯特隆透露了阿根廷政府迫害異見分子的事情。當時在位的是豪爾赫·拉菲爾·魏地拉，他后來以侵犯人權被定罪。 埃德斯特隆稱，當晚在布宜諾斯艾利斯有場對陣奧地利隊的小組比賽，當時他離開足球隊下榻的酒店出來散步。出來沒多久他就被武裝人員包圍住了，后被帶入附近一棟大樓。 “我被一名男子審問，他戴著墨鏡，坐在桌子旁。”埃德斯特隆稱。“盡管我不停地告訴自己，他們不敢在世界杯期間對一名國際球員怎么樣，但是我當時還是心跳加速。” 在埃德斯特隆出示了自己是瑞典足球隊隊員的證明之后，這些人就將其釋放。 埃德斯特隆當時是瑞典的頂級球員之一，曾參加過聯邦德國舉辦的世界杯，還為瑞典IFK哥德堡、荷蘭埃因霍溫足球俱樂部和摩納哥踢過球。 阿根廷在決賽中打敗荷蘭隊，魏地拉為丹尼爾·阿爾貝托·帕薩雷拉頒發世界杯獎杯，他說他只向幾個隊友提到過這件事，并沒有告訴過其他人，也沒告訴過教練。“當時我考慮過是否要把這件事告訴媒體，但后來我覺得這會是個尷尬局面，因為當時我們在阿根廷，而且世界杯還沒有結束，”他說。 當瑞典電臺問他能否透露他所知道的瑞典78年紀錄片運動時，埃德斯特隆覺得是時候公開這件事了。“我認為整個件事起因于那次咖啡館的偶遇。當時我主動和一位男子談話，而這名男子碰巧是名律師。” “他一邊告訴我他的國家正在遭受暴力危害，一邊哭了起來。最后我們倆互相擁抱。兩天后我被綁架，就是因為之前我見過那個律師。”埃德斯特隆說。 在1976年-1983年的軍事獨裁期間魏地拉使用酷刑謀31名囚犯的罪行成立被判處終生監禁，去年死于獄中。在那場后來被稱作“骯臟戰爭”的運動中，被折磨和殺害的人數達到三萬。 （譯者 storm-yan 編輯 高晴）
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