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.
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
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