Editing School of the Americas

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{{Evil_Organization|Image =WHINSEC-Seal.png
|fullname = Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation|alias = School of the Americas (Old name and the one commonly used by people), SOA, WHINSEC, Assassins School|origin = USA (Current school)
Panama Canal Zone (Old school)|foundation = 1946|skills = Teach torture and extortion tactics|goals = Eliminate any hint of communism in North, Central and South America (Successful)|crimes = [[War crimes]]<br>[[Crimes against humanity]]<br>Mass [[murder]]<br>[[Ethnic cleansing]]<br>[[Torture]]<br>[[Kidnapping]]<br>[[Propaganda]]<br>[[Terrorism]]|type of villains = Evil Organization, Evil Location|type of villain=Evil Organization, Evil Location}}The '''Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation''', formerly called the '''School of the Americas''', is an Institute of the United States Department of Defense, currently located in Columbus, Georgia, USA, and previously in the Panama Canal Zone.

The school is widely criticized (especially in Latin American countries) for its teaching in tactics such as [[torture]], execution, extortion, and other tactics considered violations of human rights.

In addition, the school is widely known for the fact that many of its graduates are dictators, war criminals or drug traffickers.

== Graduates of the school: ==
* [[Arturo Guzmán Decena]]
* [[Domingo Monterrosa]]
* [[Efraín Ríos Montt]]
* [[Franck Romain]]
* [[Guillermo Rodríguez Lara]]
* [[Gustavo González López]]
* [[Hector Gramajo]]
* [[Heriberto Lazcano Lazcano]]
* [[Hernán José Guzmán Rodríguez]]
* [[Hugo Banzer]]
* [[Jorge Rafael Videla]]
* [[Juan Velasco Alvarado]]
* [[Leopoldo Galtieri]]
* [[Luis Alonso Discua Elvir]]
* [[Luis Arce Gómez]]
* [[Luis Bernardo Urbina Sánchez]]
* [[Manuel Contreras]]
* [[Manuel Noriega]]
* [[Miguel Krassnoff]]
* [[Omar Torrijos]]
* [[Raúl Iturriaga]]
* [[Roberto D'Aubuisson]]
* [[Roberto Eduardo Viola]]
*[[Vladimir Padrino López]]
* [[Vladimiro Montesinos]]

== Trivia ==

* Some members of [[Los Zetas|the zetas]] graduated here.

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