Argentina Requests Cooperation from Chile on 1974 Assassination of Chilean Army Chief and the U.S. Gains More Evidence on Potential Pinochet Prosecution (VIIIB)

An Argentine judge has requested assistance from Chile regarding the 1974 assassination in Buenos Aires of former Chilean army chief Carlos Prats as foreign prosecutors and investigating magistrates line up and try to obtain assistance to prosecute human rights atrocities now 25 years old. The Argentine and U.S. requests for mutual assistance come as Manuel Contreras, former Chilean intelligence chief who until now has been silent, has indicated his desire to talk. Convicted in Chile for his role in directing the September 21, 1976 bombing on Washington, D.C.’s Embassy Row that killed former Chilean Foreign and Defense Minister Orlando Letelier and his American aide Ronni Moffit and now coming to the end of his seven-year sentence, Contreras wants to discuss the years he served under Gen. Augusto Pinochet..[more]