"It is a fact that Orlando Letelier del Solar died September 21, 1976, due to the explosion of a bomb placed in his car, in Washington, D.C.
It is a fact that the attempt was carried out by Michael Townley, a North American citizen residing in Santiago, who traveled to the United States, on September 8, 1976, with a false passport, and returned to Santiago on the 23rd of the same month;
It is a fact that the attempt was a crime carried out because of the victim’s opposition to the Chilean government;
It is a fact that the criminal had a triple political alliance with: a) the National Intelligence Agency (DINA), dependent on the Chilean government; c) groups of exiled Cubans resident in the United States, enemies of the government of their country and supporters of the use of violence in political conflicts, and supporters of the Chilean government; c) and, finally, with the Central Intelligence Agency, (CIA) dependent on the United States government; (...)
It is a fact that the DINA sent three missions of agents to the United States, with falsified passports in August and September, 1976, one of which was aborted in Asuncion, Paraguay."
Excerpt from "El asesinato de Letelier", Jaime Castillo Velasco (text of the claim presented
by the defense representing the Letelier family in the case investigating the homicide of
former Foreign Minister Orlando Letelier del Solar) Revista Hoy, 1987.
This page is still under construction. It will contain information on the reaction of the international community to the human rights situation in Chile and also activities of the DINA secret police and other security agencies abroad, the 1976 assassination of Orlando Letelier in Washington, D.C. for example.
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