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MIAMI (AP) — The U.S. has expelled a former Chilean Army officer accused of torturing and killing folk singer Victor Jara during the country's bloody 1973 coup. Pedro Barrientos had emigrated to Florida in 1990, the same year the bloody dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet came to an end. This year, he was stripped of his U.S. citizenship after it was found he concealed information about his Chilean military service during his immigration proceedings. Jara, a popular singer and university professor, was a fervent supporter of socialist President Salvador Allende. Homeland Security Investigations said that Barrientos was removed Thursday on a flight from Miami and taken into custody by Chilean law enforcement officials upon his arrival in the South American country.
Persons: Victor Jara, Pedro Barrientos, Augusto Pinochet, Jara, Salvador Allende, Pinochet, Allende, Barrientos, Jara’s, Jara's, Joan Turner Jara Organizations: MIAMI, Chilean Army, Joan Turner Jara . Homeland Security Investigations Locations: Florida, Santiago, British, Joan Turner Jara ., Miami
A graphic video of a policeman being set on fire at a protest in Guadalajara, Mexico in 2020 has been falsely labeled online as a British policeman being set on fire by pro-Palestinian protesters in London calling for an end to the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. The caption of a social media post (archived) sharing the dated footage reads: “Savage! The scene in the video shows Guadalajara’s Zona Centro, at Av. A video shows a police officer set ablaze by protesters in Mexico in June 2020, not pro-Palestine protesters in London in 2023. This article was produced by the Reuters Fact Check team.
Persons: , , Read Organizations: Pro Palestine, Hamas, Zona Centro, Palestine, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Guadalajara, Mexico, British, London, Israel, Mexican, Av
CNN —A Chilean national who’s been wanted in that country in the killing of leftist singer-songwriter Victor Jara 50 years ago is now in custody in Florida, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement said. Pedro Barrientos was arrested last week during a traffic stop in Deltona, Florida, ICE announced Tuesday. Barrientos, a former military officer, was charged by a Chilean judge in 2012 in the brutal 1973 killing of Jara. Chilean singer Victor Jara was tortured and killed during the country's military dictatorship in 1973. Victor Jara, a popular folk musician, was among the most famous victims.”Demonstrators carry a flag with Victor Jara's image during a protest against the Chilean government in January 2020.
Persons: CNN —, who’s, Victor Jara, Pedro Barrientos, Barrientos, Jara, “ Barrientos, , John Condon, Augusto Pinochet, Salvador Allende, , Victor Jara's, Marcelo Hernandez Organizations: CNN, Customs Enforcement, ICE, ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations Tampa, Reuters, Getty Locations: Florida, Deltona , Florida, Chilean, Chile
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