Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Former Chilean Mayor Arrested for Pinochet-era Human Rights Crimes

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The ex-mayor of an upscale Santiago neighborhood was arrested on Monday in connection with an investigation into human rights crimes committed during General Augusto Pinochet's 1973-1990 dictatorship of Chile. Cristian Labbe, a retired colonel who later served as mayor of the capital's Providencia district, is a subject of the probe into human rights violations, government spokesman Alvaro Elizalde said to reporters on Monday. “We hope this can be cleared up and it's the...

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