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Supreme Court of Chile this Monday, seven ex-servicemen were sentenced for the kidnapping and murder of Chilean singer-songwriter Victor Jaraon September 16, 1973. “The events described (…) are
Supreme Court of Chile this Monday, seven ex-servicemen were sentenced for the kidnapping and murder of Chilean singer-songwriter Victor Jaraon September 16, 1973.
“The events described (…) are real insofar as they occurred at a certain place and time andThey are proven, legally accredited through evidence.“Reference to the court decision.
Judges rejected defense arguments defendants in the verdict handed down by the Court of Appeal in November 2021.
This verdict condemned retired soldiers, Raul Jofre Gonzalez, Edwin Dimter Bianchi, Nelson Haase Mazzei, Ernesto Bethke Wulf, Juan Jara Quintana and Hernan Chacón Soto sentenced to 25 years in prison for the murder and kidnapping of Victor Jara and the then director of the Prison Service, Littre Quiroga.
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Hara was arrested on September 12, 1973, one day after the coup. and killed a few days later.
“The court, in addition to referring to the procedural question, has delicacy to explain cases and facts (…) Judicial verdicts play a corrective role, when sentences are passed not only on the guilty, but also the stories of the victims are told,” Minister Luis Cordero said after the verdict.
The murder of Victor Jara was one of the most high-profile cases. the decision of the Chilean justice is expected, and only 50 years later this verdict was delivered.
Victor Jara, in addition to being a musician, was a member of the Communist Party and an employee of the Popular Unity Government of former Socialist President Salvador Allende (1970-1973). It was one of the most important cases that the Chilean justice was waiting to close.
The final verdict was delivered 15 days after the celebration in Chile of the 50th anniversary of the coup. – led by General Augusto Pinochet against the government of Salvador Allende – against the background of strong social polarization due to the official version the events of September 11, 1973 and subsequent years of dictatorship.
In 1973, the referent of the New Chilean Song. was transferred, tortured and killed in the stadium of Chile, where they took more than 5 thousand prisoners.
His body was found on 16 September. not far from the Capital Cemetery and was secretly buried two days later.
A Chilean judge ordered the exhumation of his remains in December 2009. pay an official posthumous tribute, led by former President Michelle Bachelet (2006–2010 and 2014–2018).
Photo: Richard Espinoza
Balance of the regime of General Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990) there were more than 40 thousand victims, among those killed, detained and missing, tortured, political prisoners and more than 3200 people against his regime killed by agents of the Chilean state.
According to EFE
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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