The letter evokes the event as “one of the most exciting moments of my life as a young political activist of that time.”
He recalled having taken the bus from Melo to the capital the previous midnight to arrive early and that he had walked alone from the terminal to the port, since there were rumors of possible problems.
In particular, he recalled the journey he made from the Legislative Palace to Avenida 18 de Julio via Avenida del Libertador among nationalist flags, the Independent Batllista Current and the Broad Front, as well as national flags on the balconies of the apartments.
Fratti included in the note the narration made by Juan Raúl Ferreira, son of the white caudillo, who shared exile and, later, prison with his father.
Juan Raùl Ferreira’s story begins with his exile in Argentina, his contacts with Héctor Gutiérrez Ruiz and family, as well as with a Zelmar Michelini who urged him to convince Wilson to leave Buenos Aires, going through the moment of the kidnapping and death of the former President of Deputies and former senator Colorado founder of the Broad Front.
Juan Raúl Ferreira added data referring to a dinner he had with his father and the late Argentine president Raúl Alfonsín and the trip from Buenos Aires to Montevideo by boat.
According to what he said, when the ship arrived at the Port of Montevideo, the National Navy deployed the entire fleet, to which Ferreira Aldunate joked, saying that there was a ship for each member of his family.
