Chilean court convicts three former Pinochet agents in 1976 car bomb attack
Summary
A Chilean court found three former agents of Augusto Pinochet’s secret police guilty of killing Ronni Karpen Moffitt in a 1976 car bomb attack in Washington DC. The agents were sentenced to 15 years in prison for their roles in the murder.Key Facts
- Ronni Karpen Moffitt, an American working with Chilean diplomat Orlando Letelier, was killed by a car bomb in Washington DC in 1976.
- Three former agents of Chile’s secret police (Dina) were convicted for Moffitt’s murder and sentenced to 15 years in prison.
- The secret police operated under Pinochet’s dictatorship and targeted opponents in Chile and abroad.
- The bombing was ordered directly by Pinochet and planned by Dina’s chief Manuel Contreras.
- The killing caused tension between Chile and the US, which later placed an arms embargo on Chile.
- Previous legal actions had punished some involved Chilean military officials and an American collaborator named Michael Townley.
- Moffitt’s family and supporters see the court ruling as a long-awaited step toward justice.
- Orlando Letelier was an outspoken critic of Pinochet and was murdered in the same attack.
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