Pinochet-era soldier jailed for killing folk singer 53 years ago
A retired Chilean colonel has been arrested after fleeing justice for his role in the 1973 murder of folk singer Víctor Jara. The arrest comes over 50 years after the coup that brought Augusto Pinochet to power.
Why it matters
It marks a significant, albeit delayed, conclusion to a high-profile human rights case from the Pinochet dictatorship era.
Víctor Jara was arrested and killed by soldiers in the coup that brought the rightwing dictator Augusto Pinochet to power in Chile in 1973. Víctor Jara was arrested and killed by soldiers in the coup that brought the rightwing dictator Augusto Pinochet to power in Chile in 1973. Chile Pinochet-era soldier jailed for killing folk singer Víctor Jara 53 years ago Nelson Haase Mazzei was sentenced for murdering Jara in 2023, but fled from authorities in Chile
Prefer the Guardian on Google More than 50 years after the murder of the Chilean folk singer Víctor Jara , the last man wanted in connection with his death has been tracked down and brought to justice.
Nelson Haase Mazzei, a retired colonel, fled from authorities in 2023 after he and six other retired soldiers were sentenced in absentia for murdering Jara and another man.
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