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Former Chilean soldier charged with murder after stunning radio confession
Source: The Guardian
Former Chilean soldier charged with murder after stunning radio confession
Guillermo Reyes Rammsy, 62, admitted on live radio phone-in on Wednesday to
participating in executions of 18 opponents of late dictator Augusto Pinochet
Jonathan Franklin in Santiago
Friday 11 December 2015 22.36 GMT
A former conscript in the Chilean army has been charged with murder after confessing on a live radio phone-in to participating in the deaths of 18 opponents of the late military dictator Augusto Pinochet.
Guillermo Reyes Rammsy, 62, was arrested on Friday and charged over the 1973 murders of Freddy Taberna Gallegos and German Palomino Lamas, members of Chile’s Socialist Party.
The extraordinary confession began on Wednesday afternoon when a man called in to Chile’s most famous talk show “Chacotero Sentimental” (Loving Betrayal) and told host Roberto Artiagoitía that he was considering suicide.
After briefly describing a frustrated romance, the caller went on to describe his involvement in a string of human rights crimes. He said that, as a conscript, he had participated in 18 executions, following Pinochet’s military coup against the government of president Salvador Allende.
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Guillermo Reyes Rammsy, 62, admitted on live radio phone-in on Wednesday to
participating in executions of 18 opponents of late dictator Augusto Pinochet
Jonathan Franklin in Santiago
Friday 11 December 2015 22.36 GMT
A former conscript in the Chilean army has been charged with murder after confessing on a live radio phone-in to participating in the deaths of 18 opponents of the late military dictator Augusto Pinochet.
Guillermo Reyes Rammsy, 62, was arrested on Friday and charged over the 1973 murders of Freddy Taberna Gallegos and German Palomino Lamas, members of Chile’s Socialist Party.
The extraordinary confession began on Wednesday afternoon when a man called in to Chile’s most famous talk show “Chacotero Sentimental” (Loving Betrayal) and told host Roberto Artiagoitía that he was considering suicide.
After briefly describing a frustrated romance, the caller went on to describe his involvement in a string of human rights crimes. He said that, as a conscript, he had participated in 18 executions, following Pinochet’s military coup against the government of president Salvador Allende.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/11/former-chilean-soldier-charged-murder-radio-confession
