Nine former soldiers sentenced in Chile for the murder of singer-songwriter Víctor Jara in 1973

Chilean judge Miguel Vázquez sentenced nine retired soldiers for the murder of the famous songwriter VíctorJara shot dead a few days after the coup which installed the The dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet in 1973 informed the judiciary on Tuesday

Jara, one of the most recognized voices of popular music of Chile and Latin America was arrested, tortured and murdered with 44 bullets in September 1973 in Santiago

"The Minister on Human Rights Visit Condemns Miguel Vázquez Plaza nine retired members of the Army for his responsibility in the homicides of the singer-songwriter Víctor Jara Martínez and former director of Littré Quiroga Carvajal Prisons occurred in from 1973 in Santiago, "said a press release from the judiciary.

The Magistrate Condemned the Former Officers Hugo Sánchez Marmonti Raúl Jofré González Edwin Dimter Bianchi ] Nelson Haase Mazzei Ernesto Bethke Wulf Juan Jara Quintana Hernán Chacón Soto and Patricio Vásquez Donoso ] at age 15 and one day in jail for his responsibility as the perpetrators of both homicides.

The ex-soldiers who held ranks of lieutenant, colonel and brigadier were sentenced to three years in prison. more for his responsibility as the authors of simple abduction of the two victims.

During this time, the officer Rolando Melo Silva was sentenced to five years and one day in prison for his responsibility as ambassador of 39, amb murders and 61 days imprisonment for covering abductions.

Jara, a member of the Communist Party was arrested at the Technical University where he was a professor on September 12, 1973, a day after the coup that overthrew the president Socialist Salvador Allende whose project was a fervent defender.

He was immediately imprisoned with 5,000 other people in the Chile Stadium, a sports center in downtown Santiago that now bears his name, where he was recognized by soldiers brutally tortured .

One of his fellow prisoners was Littre Quiroga 33 years old, National Director of Prisons and activist of the Communist Party . Víctor Jara .

JUSTICE 45 YEARS AFTER
After four days of martyrdom, the [16Septembre1945] Jara, 40, died riddled with 44 bullets according to expert reports after his exhumation.

His body was found in a vacant lot near the Metropolitan Cemetery of Santiago along with four other political prisoners, among them Quiroga Litter and became an icon for hundreds of years. Artists who suffered violations of human rights during The dictatorship of Pinochet .

Author of Subjects such as " I Remember You Amanda ", " The Cigarillo " or " The Manifesto ", is considered a symbol of the Chilean song a musician-social movement and developed in the 1960s until the early 1970s, which also included artists such as Violeta and Isabel Parra and groups Quilapayún and Inti-Illimani

In December 2009, 36 years after his death, the Chilean justice ordered the exhumation of his remains, which allowed to bury the singer at an official ceremony attended by the Chilean President [1945900]. Michelle Bachelet

The Chilean justice also persecutes ex-officio Pedro Pablo Barrientos Núñez who settles in Florida – United States – in 1989, shortly after the dictatorship of General Pinochet .

Chile officially asked the United States to extradite Barrientos in 2014, but the trial remains unanswered.

In a civil suit, a US federal court declared in June 2016, the former Chilean official

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