the army chief and junta member emilio massera tried to make it appear as if both nuns had been kidnapped by the montoneros leftist guerrilla organization. to this end, officers forced domon under torture to write a letter to her superior in her order, in french, saying that she had been abducted by a group opposed to the administration of general jorge videla. the torturers took a picture of the two nuns seated in front of a montoneros flag and sent it to a national newspaper. in the photograph, taken in the basement of the esma, the two women showed obvious physical signs of torture; copies were sent to the french press.