Dominican Republic police have been torturing people with onions to get information about crimes, a human rights group has alleged.
The National Commission on Human Rights has documented dozens of cases in which police forced the vegetables into victim's mouths, said Joselin Melo, the organisation's vice president.
The technique makes people feel as if they are asphyxiating - but some had onions stuffed into their rectums, she claimed.
They have specialised in this technique.
It appears that the onion has given them results.
It was the first time the commission had heard about onions being used as weapons, she said.
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