USAID Project appraisal report (PAR) : project no. 528-11-710-013, Uruguay public safety.
Dated October 1, 1969. Elsewhere in the form, it states: "The Public Safety program is directly related to AID's economic development strategy by creating the stable environment essential to economic growth."

"Routine" Torture

The US establishes the "Office of Public Safety" in Montevideo. The OPS trained and armed Uruguayan police to combat the Tupumaros/MLM revolutionary forces. Torture expert Dan Mitrione comes to the OPS in 1969 and is credited with making torture "routine" in Uruguay.