Beatings, rapes, electric shocks, sleep deprivation, murder, and other methods were applied to extract information about Tupamaro operatives and sympathizers.

Tupamaro activities were very significant during the year, including kidnappings, police attacks, seizure of work centers, and even threats to the legislature against passing a law…

For example, Mitrione is shown as pay-off man and instigator behind the "death-squad" shooting of a Tupamaro on "a very beautiful beach."

Some authors have speculated about the impact of leadership tensions on Amodio Pérez's decision; caused by either his own personal ambition, or the reintegration of senior Tupamaro…