Tag: central & latin america

From Al-Jazeera…

A Chilean judge has ordered the arrest of almost 100 former soldiers and secret police over rights abuses dating from General Augusto Pinochet’s government.
Victor Montiglio ordered the detentions as part of a probe into the kidnappings and murder of scores of opponents of Pinochet during “Operation Colombo” in 1975.
A total of 119 people died during the operation, but 42 were never found, and the judge said that they should be considered victims of kidnapping.
It is thought to be the largest mass arrest of suspects relating to rights abuses from the period.