Stroessner's genocide: "The
Paraguayan E p i s c o p a l C o n f e r e n c e , i n a p r e s s communiqu; on 29 June
1 9 7 2 , e x p l a i n s t h e h i g h d e a t h f i g u r e by t h e f a c t t h a t t h e new
c a p t i v e s were b r o u g h t t o t h e R e s e r v a t i o n i n A p r i l . when a n i n f l uenza epidemic w a s a l r e a d y r a g i n g t h e r e . 2 7 ) Taking a large number of forest Indians there at this time , without providing for their health requirements , was indirect mass murder."