Chile: One of Víctor Jara's murderers kills himself

Wednesday, August 30th 2023 - 08:59 UTC

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Eighty-six-year-old Retired Chilean Army General Hernán Carlos Chacón Soto committed suicide Tuesday moments before he was to be transferred to the Puntateuco jailhouse to begin serving his 25-year sentence for the 1973 abduction and murder of singer-songwriter Victor Jara and Prisons Bureau Director Littré Quiroga, it was reported in Santiago. Read full article

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Tænk
Well...

- He finally showed some trace of honour...
Aug 30th, 2023 - 09:56 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Brasileiro
Chile not only lost democracy in the 1970s. Chile lost much more. It lost sovereignty and culture as well.

I hear all the voices from South America. They are all beautiful. But I can't hear the voice of Chile. I hear an incomprehensible rumble.

Chicureo, that was the tragedy that the glass walls behind which you live do not let you see.
Aug 30th, 2023 - 02:03 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Chicureo
Brasileiro

With all due respect - I endured the Allende nightmare and was very pleased when Pinochet overthrew him 50 years ago.

As Tænk just reminded me on another topic, “... sometimes you need to break a few eggs, to make an omelette...”

My sincere regards...

¡Saludos de La Dehesa!
Aug 30th, 2023 - 03:40 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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