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Ex-Chilean Secret Police Chief Sentenced to Life in Prison

HeadlineAug 29, 2007

In Chile, the former head of the Chilean secret police has been sentenced to life in prison. Retired General Hugo Salas Wenzel was found guilty of ordering the 1987 Corpus Christi Massacre that killed 12 leftist rebels. Salas Wenzel is the first Chilean general given a life sentence for human rights abuses under the late dictator Augusto Pinochet.

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