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Chilean court convicts three men in 1976 Washington DC car bomb attack

The Guardian World Tuesday 23 June 2026, 15:31 UTC By John Bartlett in Santiago 1 min read
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The three who were convicted were agents of Augusto Pinochet’s feared secret police which hunted down opponents at home and abroadFifty years after Gen Augusto Pinochet’s secret police detonated a car bomb in the heart of Washington DC, killing Orlando Letelier, a former Chilean minister and ambassador to the US, and his American colleague Ronni Karpen Moffitt, a Santiago court has convicted three former agents of Moffitt’s murder. Judge Paola Plaza, a special minister for human rights in...

The three who were convicted were agents of Augusto Pinochet’s feared secret police which hunted down opponents at home and abroad

Fifty years after Gen Augusto Pinochet’s secret police detonated a car bomb in the heart of Washington DC, killing Orlando Letelier, a former Chilean minister and ambassador to the US, and his American colleague Ronni Karpen Moffitt, a Santiago court has convicted three former agents of Moffitt’s murder.

Judge Paola Plaza, a special minister for human rights in Chile, sentenced Pedro Espinoza, José Zara, and Raúl Iturriaga to 15 years in prison for their roles in the killing of Moffitt, 25.

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Chilean (ORG) Washington DC (LOCATION) Augusto Pinochet’s (PERSON) Gen Augusto Pinochet’s (PERSON) Orlando Letelier (PERSON) US (LOCATION) American (ORG) Ronni Karpen Moffitt (PERSON) Santiago (LOCATION) Moffitt (ORG) Paola Plaza (PERSON) Chile (LOCATION) Pedro Espinoza (PERSON) José Zara (PERSON) Raúl Iturriaga (PERSON)
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