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May 28, 2009

Ex-Chilean Soldier Indicted in Jara Killing
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In Chile, a former soldier has been indicted on charges of involvement
in the 1973 killing of the Chilean protest singer Victor Jara. Chilean
military forces tortured and killed Jara days after the US-backed
overthrow of the elected president Salvador Allende. Jara’s hands were
smashed so he could no longer play guitar, before he was shot forty-four
times. The former soldier, Adolfo Paredes Márquez, has admitted to
involvement but denies pulling the trigger. Chilean human rights
attorney Nelson Caucoto said he hopes the commanding officers can be
located and prosecuted.

Nelson Caucoto: “I hope we get to the bosses, the ones who gave the
orders, because I imagine that in this chain of command an
eighteen-year-old didn’t have much of a chance to resist orders.”



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