AP PHOTOS: 50 years ago, Chile's army ousted a president and everything changed

Fifty years ago, Chile began the darkest period in its modern history. On Sept. 11, 1973, Gen. Augusto Pinochet led a military coup that included the bombing of La Moneda, the presidential palace in the capital of Santiago, where President Salvador Allende had taken refuge.

FILE - Chilean President Salvador Allende salutes from an open vehicle as General Augusto Pinochet rides on horseback at left in Santiago, Chile, May 21, 1972. FILE - Soldiers and firefighters carry the body of Chilean President Salvador Allende, wrapped in a Bolivian poncho, out of La Moneda presidential palace after it was bombed during a coup by Gen. Augusto Pinochet in Santiago, Chile, Sept. 11, 1973.

FILE - Chilean President Salvador Allende salutes from an open vehicle as General Augusto Pinochet rides on horseback at left in Santiago, Chile, May 21, 1972. FILE - Chilean President Salvador Allende salutes from an open vehicle as General Augusto Pinochet rides on horseback at left in Santiago, Chile, May 21, 1972.

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