Tag: Galvarino Apablaza

• Tuesday, May 5th 2026 - 18:28 UTC

  Bullrich vows that Argentina's government will capture former guerrilla Apablaza for extradition to Chile

  

  Argentine senator and former Security Minister Patricia Bullrich said in Santiago on Tuesday that Javier Milei's government maintains “the firm determination” to locate Chilean former guerrilla Galvarino Sergio Apablaza, on the run since April 1 in Argentine territory, in order to extradite him to Chile. “If he is in Argentina, we are going to find him. That is the commitment of the Argentine president, it is the commitment of the government,” Bullrich told local media during her visit to the Andean country, where she will meet with Chilean President José Antonio Kast.

• Monday, April 6th 2026 - 01:07 UTC

  Chile and Argentina seek to “confront common enemies” in Kast's first state visit

  

  Chilean President José Antonio Kast departed Sunday on his first official trip abroad to meet his Argentine counterpart Javier Milei in a state visit centered on security, organized crime and the extradition of former guerrilla member Galvarino Apablaza.

• Friday, April 3rd 2026 - 21:38 UTC

  Argentina offers reward for fugitive Chilean ex-guerrilla Apablaza ahead of Kast visit

  

  Argentina's government on Friday offered a reward of 20 million pesos — roughly $14,000 — for information leading to the capture of Galvarino Apablaza, former leader of the Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front (FPMR), wanted by Chilean courts as the alleged mastermind of the 1991 assassination of Senator Jaime Guzmán and the kidnapping of businessman Cristián Edwards.

• Saturday, February 27th 2016 - 01:15 UTC

  Argentina and Chile after friendly settlement over extradition of former guerrilla

  

  Argentina will seek a friendly settlement with Chile regarding the long-standing bilateral conflict over the extradition of Galvarino Apablaza before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR). Apablaza is accused of involvement in the murder of a conservative Senator and kidnapping of a newspaper executive.

• Thursday, October 18th 2012 - 07:02 UTC

  Chilean far right push for extradition of Senator murder protected by Argentina

  

  The Inter-American Commission of Human Rights (IACHR) began proceedings this week concerning Argentina’s refusal to extradite Galvarino Apablaza for the 1991 murder of emblematic conservative Senator Jaime Guzmán.

• Thursday, October 6th 2011 - 08:30 UTC

  Chile expels Argentine military involved in crimes against humanity

  

  The Chilean government ordered the immediate expulsion of international fugitive and human rights violator Alejandro Duret on Tuesday. The order was given just hours after his arrest was confirmed in Talca, located in central Chile’s Maule Region.