sister alice was taken directly to the secret detention center in the navy petty-officers school of mechanics (esma), under the control of the argentina navy. she was said to be put in detention wearing a hood that cut off all sight. she was held for approximately 10 days, during which she was constantly tortured and interrogated. horacio domingo maggio and lisandro raúl cubas, survivors of detention at the esma, related what they knew on the subject in testimony to the national commission in 1985: