September 09, 2012

Chile court sentences Pinochet-era police chief to 15 years in prison for murder

September 09, 2012/ Tron Nick

A Chilean judge sentenced General Manuel Contreras, former chief of police under the reign of Augusto Pinochet [BBC obituary; JURIST news archive], to 15 years in prison on Thursday for murdering an opposition activist. Left-wing activist Ramon Martinez was allegedly tortured and shot [BBC report] while in police custody in 1975. Martinez was a member of the Revolutionary Leftist Movement and was shot on the way to a detention center after he resisted arrest. Contreras was sentenced along with various other police officers who were involved in Martinez's murder, including Brig Miguel Krasnoff Marchenko, Col Marcelo Moren Brito, Col...

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