Orlando Letelier | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Letelier in 1976 | |
| Minister of National Defense of Chile | |
| In office 23 August 1973 – 11 September 1973 | |
| President | Salvador Allende |
| Preceded by | Carlos Prats |
| Succeeded by | Patricio Carvajal |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Sergio Orlando Letelier del Solar 13 April 1932 Temuco, Chile |
| Died | 21 September 1976 (aged 44) Washington, D.C., United States |
| Cause of death | Car bomb |
| Known for | Letelier case |
| Signature |  |
Marcos Orlando Letelier del Solar (13 April 1932 – 21 September 1976)[1] was a Chilean economist, politician and diplomat during the presidency of Salvador Allende. A refugee from the military dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet, Letelier accepted several academic positions in Washington, D.C. following his exile from Chile. In 1976, agents of Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional (DINA), the Pinochet regime's secret police, assassinated Letelier in Washington in a car bombing. These agents had been working in collaboration with members of the Coordination of United Revolutionary Organizations, an anti-Castro militant group.[2]
- ^ "2,500 Honor Murdered Chilean". The New York Times. 27 September 1976. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
- ^ Lettieri, Mike (1 June 2007). "Posada Carriles, Bush's Child of Scorn". Washington Report on the Hemisphere. 27 (7/8).