On Sept. 11, 1973, Gen. Augusto Pinochet led a military coup against Pres. Salvador Allende. Opponents were tortured, thousands were killed and disappeared, 200,000 went into exile.
Gen. Augusto Pinochet
Allende, a socialist who had won the presidency in 1970, died by suicide during the assault that ended his three-year administration, which was marked by economic turmoil and conflict with Washington over fears he would install a communist government. All three went to Mexico, where they began a new life and where they continue to live. Being exiles had made them question who they were.
During the dictatorship, relatives of the disappeared took to the streets holding photos of missing loved ones and demanding answers. Late last month, leftistunveiled what will effectively be the first state-sponsored plan to try to locate the approximately 1,162 dictatorship victims still unaccounted for.
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