Chile orders 'dirty war' arrests.9/2/2009 2:52:40 AM A Chilean judge has ordered the arrest of 129 former soldiers and police accused of purging critics of former dictator General Augusto Pinochet Augusto José Ramón Pinochet Ugarte[1] (November 25, 1915 – December 10, 2006) was President of Chile from 1974 to 1990, and head of the military junta from 1973 to 1974. . The suspects - the largest group so far to face arrest warrants - all worked for the secret police agency, Dina, during the Pinochet dictatorship. They are accused of taking part in killings and disappearances of dozens of leftists and opposition activists during the so-called "dirty war" waged under Pinochet's rule over Chile between 1973 and 1990. The identities of those named in the warrants issued on Tuesday were not released. Ordering the arrests Judge Victor Montiglio said the 129 were members of the army, air force and uniformed police who worked for the Dina. Their alleged crimes were said to have been committed as part of Operation Condor For other uses of Operation Condor, please see Operation Condor (disambiguation) Operation Condor (Spanish: Operación Cóndor, Portuguese: Operação Condor , the Colombo Operation and the Street Conference, campaigns which targeted opponents of military regimes in Chile and other South American nations. "We are investigating all who have participated ... in the deprivation of liberties of the victims," Montiglio said. "We are much nearer the end" of the process, he added. Pinochet led a military junta Noun 1. military junta - a group of military officers who rule a country after seizing power junta clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, camp, pack - an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose that seized power in 1973, overthrowing Chile's elected Marxist President Salvador Allende Salvador Isabelino Allende Gossens[1] (July 26, 1908 – September 11, 1973) was President of Chile from November 1970 until his death during the coup d'état of September 11, 1973. Allende's career in Chilean government spanned nearly forty years. in 1973 and launched a brutal campaign to root out leftist left·ism also Left·ism n. 1. The ideology of the political left. 2. Belief in or support of the tenets of the political left. left supporters. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a government report, at least 3,197 suspected leftists were killed for political reasons before he left power in 1990. Many of the victims vanished, believed to have been kidnapped, killed and buried in unmarked graves Unmarked Graves is a horror novel written by Shaun Hutson. Synopsis When investigative telejournalist Nick Pearson is sent to Darworth in Hertfordshire, he finds a community divided. , leaving relatives with no word on their fate. Pinochet himself died in December 2006, evading several attempts in Chile and abroad to prosecute him for human rights abuses. Aljazeera.net 2003 - 2009 Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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