| Assassination of Orlando Letelier | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Letelier in 1976 | |
| Location | Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Date | September 21, 1976 9:30 am (UTC-04:00) |
| Target | Orlando Letelier |
Attack type | Car bombing |
| Deaths | 2 |
| Injured | 1 |
| Perpetrators | DINA |
On 21 September 1976, Orlando Letelier, a leading opponent of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, was assassinated by car bombing, in Washington, D.C. Letelier, who was living in exile in the United States, was killed along with his work colleague Ronni Karpen Moffitt, who was in the car with her husband Michael.[1] The assassination was carried out by agents of the Chilean secret police (DINA), and was one among many carried out as part of Operation Condor. Declassified U.S. intelligence documents confirm that Pinochet directly ordered the killing.[2]
- ^ John, Dinges; Landau, Saul (September 16, 2014) [Pantheon Books, first edition January 1, 1980]. Assassination on Embassy Row. Open Road Media. ISBN 978-0394508023.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ Pinochet directly ordered killing on US soil of Chilean diplomat, papers reveal Archived November 12, 2020, at the Wayback Machine. The Guardian. October 8, 2015.