Frei Tito

(better known as Frei Tito; 14 September 1945 – 10 August 1974) was a Brazilian Dominican friar who was severely tortured during his country's rule by a military dictatorship.

In October 1968, Lima was arrested for the first time by forces of the dictatorship for participating in the XX Congress of the National Union of Students in Ibiúna, São Paulo.

On November 4, 1969, Lima was arrested along with several other members of the Dominican Order, such as Frei Betto, by political police officer Sérgio Paranhos Fleury of the Department of Political and Social Order (DOPS, Portuguese: Departamento de Ordem Política e Social).

In 1971, Lima was deported to Chile and, fearing for his life with the fall of Salvador Allende, he fled to Italy.

[2] The movie Batismo de Sangue (Baptism of Blood) tells the story of Tito and other priests' torture during the military regime.