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Tres agentes trataron de obligarlo a sentarse en una silla.
Three police officers tried to force him to sit on a chair.
Obligarlos a cavar trincheras en el frente o a limpiar campos de minas
Forcing to dig trenches on front line or sweep minefields
Obligarla a comer guijarros o a mascar vidrios.
15. Forcing victims to eat pebbles or chew broken glass.
La víctima fue torturada para obligarla a declararse culpable.
The victim was tortured to force him to confess guilt.
Hay que obligarlos a negociar o a sufrir las sanciones anunciadas.
They must be forced to negotiate or to suffer the consequences already enunciated.
Estos grupos aprovechan el aislamiento de algunas mujeres para obligarlas a consumir drogas.
They exploit some women's isolation by forcing them into drug use.
Algunos de ellos afirmaron que habían sido torturados para obligarlos a "confesar".
Some of them alleged that they had been tortured in order to force them to "confess."
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