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Chile, Pinochet, and the Caravan of Death / Edition 1

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ISBN-10:: 1574540858
ISBN-13:: 9781574540857
Pub. Date:: 08/28/2001
Publisher:: University of Miami, North/South Center Press

Chile, Pinochet, and the Caravan of Death / Edition 1

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ISBN-13:	9781574540857
Publisher:	University of Miami, North/South Center Press
Publication date:	08/28/2001
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

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Originally published in 1989 under the title Los Zarpazos del Puma (The Claws of the Puma), Verdugo's report covers the executions of 75 political prisoners in Chile following the September 11, 1973, military coup that replaced President Salvador Allende with General Augusto Pinochet. The original title refers to the Puma helicopter that carried General Sergio Arellano Stark's special commission from one provincial Chilean town to another, leaving a trail of dead officers and civilians, political prisoners executed without trials. Verdugo has assembled oral testimonies about this Caravan of Death. Although the first three chapters outline the attack plan of the military coup and clarify Pinochet's late arrival, most of her book is comprised of long, in-depth, often disturbing interviews (" `Were you tortured?' `Yes....' `Electricity?' `No.' `Were you hung?' `Yes.' [Tears began to run down his face...]"). She talks with a helicopter pilot, military officers in charge of sentencing, court-martialed officers accused of treason, and officers and soldiers who escorted others suspected of treason. In Cauquenes, for instance, some of the soldiers ordered to execute four political prisoners knew the victims well. Though Verdugo interviews some spouses and family members of the executed prisoners, she concentrates primarily on the military, making for a somewhat one-dimensional account. Nonetheless, this insightful, informative book is excellently researched and well written. The fact that it was used as evidence for and incorporated into the 1990 Chilean Commission of Truth and Reconciliation demonstrates the importance of investigative journalism and the success of Verdugo's efforts. (Sept.)Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

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Verdugo is a journalist whose father was tortured to death by the Pinochet regime. This is her account of the executions without trial of 75 political prisoners in five Chilean cities, carried out by a military team later called the "Caravan of Death" that was sent out following Pinochet's 1973 coup. Originally published in 1989 as , the book is considered one of the key documents that led to Pinochet's arrest in London in 1998. This first English-language edition includes an epilogue describing Chile's high-profile judicial hearings on the killings, through Pinochet's January 2001 indictment for planning and covering them up. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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