![]() ![]() It's taken years to gather that evidence. First the crusading judge, Juan Guzman, and when he retired he passed these cases on Operation Condor, Operation Colombo and (unintelligible) confidencia to Victor Montiglio.Īnd he has spent years identifying, gathering the evidence, and basically arriving at indictments, not just arrest warrants, which in the Chilean legal system means that he's concluded that these 129 individuals, which range from chauffeurs and drivers to the colonels and generals who ordered these crimes, are guilty. KORNBLUH: Well, there's been a lengthy, almost decade-long investigation by the Chilean judges. SHAPIRO: So why are we seeing these indictments now? ![]() ![]() PETER KORNBLUH (Chile Documentation Project): Good morning. Joining us for some perspective now is Peter Kornbluh, director of the Chile Documentation Project at the National Security Archive in Washington. They're accused of kidnappings, torture and assassinations. The defendants all worked under Augusto Pinochet, Chile's military dictator from 1973 until 1990. A Chilean judge has issued arrest warrants for 129 former government officials. ![]()
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