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Chile: Court Sentences 4 Ex-Military Officials to Prison for Student’s Disappearance in 1974

HeadlineDec 27, 2017

In Chile, a court has sentenced four retired military officials to prison in connection with the kidnapping of activist and university student María Angélica Andreoli Bravo in 1974, under Pinochet’s dictatorship. After being kidnapped, the student was transferred to multiple secret prison sites, tortured and then forcibly disappeared. The four retired military members were sentenced to between 10 and 13 years in prison.

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