‘Operation Colombo’: the most disgraceful media campaign in Chile’s history
The families of several dictatorship victims are engaged in a long-running legal battle with La Segunda. The evening newspaper has been ordered to rectify deliberately...
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Supreme Court sentences ex-DINA agents for Operation Colombo
The former agents were sentenced for their participation in Operation Colombo and the forced disappearance of two members of the MIR leftist movement. DINA was...
Dozens of Pinochet Agents Acquitted in Colombo Case
SANTIAGO – On Saturday, Nov. 29, the Santiago Court of Appeals overturned the convictions of 61 agents who served under Dictator Augusto Pinochet’s intelligence service...
Australia Greenlights Former Intel Agent’s Extradition
Santiago – A Sydney court has approved the extradition of Adriana Rivas, the former secretary of Manuel Contreras. Rivas has argued that she can’t expect...
Pinochet Era War Criminal Arrested In Italy
PARMA – In the Italian city of Parma, Walther Klug Rivera, a former Military Intelligence agent during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, was arrested. The...
53 former Pinochet agents convicted for killing of Communist Party board
SANTIAGO – 53 agents that formed part of the secret service called DINA have been convicted for kidnapping and executing eight members of the Chilean Communist...