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Chilean Police Capture Man Sentenced over Killing of Folk Singer and Activist Víctor Jara

HeadlineJul 28, 2026

In Chile, police say they have captured a man sentenced back in 2023 for the kidnapping and murder of folk singer and activist Víctor Jara under the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. Nelson Haase was one of a group of military officers who was charged for Jara’s murder. He fled from authorities after his sentence was announced, and was captured over the weekend. Jara was a pacifist who supported the socialist President Salvador Allende and was tortured and shot 44 times five days after the coup brought Pinochet to power in 1973. Click here to see more of our coverage about Víctor Jara.

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