Manuel Contreras, the intellectual author of the only act of state-sponsored terrorism to be committed in our nation's capitol, the assassination of Ronni Moffit and Orlando Letelier in September 1976, has been sentenced to two consecutive life terms for the murder of General Carlos Prats and his wife in Buenos Aires in 1974.
Prats was Pinochet's predecessor as commander of the Chilean army and fled to exile in Buenos Aires after the coup. He and his wife, Sofia, were killed in a car bombing on September 30, 1974. The blast was so violent that debris landed on the nonth floor balcony of a building across the street.
Contreras was the head of DINA, Pinochet's secret police unit and was reported to have breakfast with Pinochet in La Moneda on a daily basis. He's 79 years old. What a shame he and Pinochet never had the chance to dine at a prison cafeteria together. I'm sure when Contreras finally goes, he and Pinochet can roast marshmallows in hell together.
Hi,
I'm the new outreach coordinator for the North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA - http://www.nacla.org) and I'm trying to put together a contact list of bloggers, indep media and solidarity organizations. I couldn't find your e-mail on the blog. If you don't mind, please contact me at joao@nacla.org.
Thanks
Amor y Lucha,
J. Da Silva
Posted by: Joao Da Silva | July 09, 2008 at 01:43 PM
Hi,
I'm the new outreach coordinator for the North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA - http://www.nacla.org) and I'm trying to put together a contact list of bloggers, indep media and solidarity organizations. I couldn't find your e-mail on the blog. If you don't mind, please contact me at joao@nacla.org.
Thanks
Amor y Lucha,
J. Da Silva
Posted by: Joao Da Silva | July 09, 2008 at 01:45 PM