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January 3, 2013

Chile: Widow of Singer Victor Jara Asks U.S. to Extradite Suspect in His 1973 Murder 
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Several former military officials have been detained in Chile after a
judge ordered their arrest for alleged involvement in the 1973 murder of
singer Victor Jara. Jara was shot to death after the U.S.-backed coup
that ousted elected President Salvador Allende. First his hands were
smashed so he could no longer play guitar. Jara's widow has called for
the United States to extradite one of the eight officers now being
charged in the killing, Pedro Barrientos Nuñez, who is currently living
in Florida. Joan Jara, spoke Wednesday from a stadium that was used as a
torture center following the coup.

Joan Jara: "It is very difficult for me to talk at this moment, in spite
of the fact that I know it is the time to talk. It's not a time for
celebration, it's a time to be calm and to know that there is a lot of
work ahead in order to finally achieve real justice and especially real
justice for all the victims who suffered so much here and in so many
other places in Chile."

 

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