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CHRONOLOGY - 1982
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FEBRUARY 27, 1982
Renowned labor leader Tucapel
Jímenez is murdered by three men who break into his car and stab and
shoot him several times. The charismatic leader of the National
Association of Public Employees (ANEF) was a protagonist of the
re-emerging unionist movement.
JUNE 20, 1982
Comeva abductors are identified in
cross-examination. Cecilia Alzamora, one of 14 people kidnapped by
Comeva in July 1980, recognizes CNI agent Eduardo Campos Araya as one of
her abductors. Despite this, and the petition by lawyer Jaime Hales,
prosecutor Alberto Echavarría frees the accused.
AUGUST 10, 1982
The first march for "Pan, trabajo,
justicia y libertad" ("Bread, work, justice and freedom") is held, in
which 32 people are detained.
OCTOBER 1982
Opposition magazine APSI is closed down by the regime.
DECEMBER 3, 1982
Labor leaders are expelled from the
country. This time, the objects of the measure are Manuel Bustos,
Hector Cuevas, and Carlos Poldech. During the same days, the regime orders
massive raids of "poblaciones" in the Santiago communities of La Cisterna
and La Florida in what they regard as a "clean-up" operation.
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