A Fugitive Colonel Is Finally Jailed in Chilean Víctor Jara’s Murder Case, Decades After the Crime
Haase fled after a 25-year sentence was announced, and five of the seven convicted retired officers are already in prison, officials said.
- Chilean police captured retired Colonel Nelson Haase Mazzei on Saturday in Puyehue, ending three years as a fugitive after his conviction for kidnapping and murdering folk singer Victor Jara.
- Jara, a symbol of the New Chilean Song movement, was murdered on September 16, 1973, five days after General Augusto Pinochet's coup overthrew President Salvador Allende.
- After five years of appeals, the Supreme Court sentenced Haase Mazzei to 25 years and two days in prison; Judge Paola Plaza ordered his "immediate imprisonment" as the final convict to begin serving.
- "We appreciate this news," said Jara's daughter Amanda Jara, though she added it is "difficult to consider this justice" while the family advocates for broader accountability.
- During the 17-year dictatorship, official documents estimate more than 2,000 executed and 1,469 victims of enforced disappearance; Chile has established truth commissions investigating violations committed between 1973 and 1990.
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A fugitive colonel is finally jailed in Chilean Víctor Jara's murder case, decades after the crime
Chilean police have arrested a retired military colonel for the killing of singer-songwriter Víctor Jara over 50 years ago.
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A fugitive colonel is finally jailed in Chilean Víctor Jara’s murder case, decades after the crime
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — More than half a century passed before some measure of justice was served over the weekend for the murder of popular Chilean singer…
Chilean authorities have announced the arrest of the last man wanted in the murder of singer Victor Jara during the Pinochet regime. Colonel Nelson Haas Mazzei, who was released from prison in 2023, was wanted after being convicted of the murder of Jara and another man along with six others. Chilean police arrested him on Saturday in the southern city of Puyehue. The Victor Jara Foundation, founded by the singer’s widow, British dancer Joan Jara…
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