Spanish: 'no hay cuerpo del víctima ni del delito'English translation: 'there is no body nor body of evidence' 
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | Spanish term or phrase: | 'no hay cuerpo del víctima ni del delito' | | English translation: | 'there is no body nor body of evidence' | | Entered by: | SMLS |
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Art/Literary - History / cultural studies | | Spanish term or phrase: 'no hay cuerpo del víctima ni del delito' | Este fue el nombre legal o jurídico con que se denominó a los efectos de la represión del estado sobre lo criminal. Los militares construyeron el consenso social en base a la lógica del: “no hay cuerpo de la víctima ni del delito”. La eficacia de esta estrategia, por lo tanto se basó en ocultar el material “que dé testimonio del hecho”
Me again, with my Argentinian cultural studies!
I would like to keep the conciseness of the Spanish phrase in English and am playing around with ideas such as 'there is no corpse nor corpus delicti' or 'there is no body nor body of evidence' but would appreciate comments or further suggestions before I come to a decision.
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| 'no hay cuerpo del víctima ni del delito' 'there is no body nor body of evidence'
Explanation:
This sounds best to me. Can't think of anything better myself.
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Native speaker of:  English
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| 'no hay cuerpo del víctima ni del delito' there is no corpus delicti nor evidence
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... at the time they were offered the corpus delicti had not been proven,
nor was there any evidence from which it could be inferred. ...
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