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53 Former Chilean Dictatorship Agents Convicted in Killings

By DC Editors - December 4, 2018 Leave a Comment

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Members of the Government Junta in 1985: Rodolfo Stange, José Toribio Merino, Augusto Pinochet, Fernando Matthei and César Benavides (from left to right). – Image source

From Voice of America

A Chilean judge has convicted 53 former secret police agents from the country’s dictatorship for participating in the kidnapping and disappearance of seven communist leaders and the murder of the former Communist Party chief Victor Diaz.

The judicial system said Monday that Judge Miguel Velazquez imposed sentences of up to 20 years on the former agents.

Authorities say agents of the National Intelligence Directorate lured the communists to a residence in 1976 and then took them to a notorious prison where they were tortured.

Diaz is said to have been held for eight months until officials determined he had no information to give, and was then asphyxiated and his body thrown into the ocean.

Gen. Augusto Pinochet ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990. Thousands died or vanished during his rule.

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Filed Under: International Democracy Tagged With: Chile, Dictatorships, South America

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