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...Guillermo Hernan Herrera Manriquez was arrested by DINA, Chile's dread secret police, near Santiago's central railroad station. Herrera was detained briefly and then was taken to his father's home; along with the rest of his family, he was placed under house arrest. The next day Herrera was allowed to speak to his wife, who reported that he had been badly beaten and his ears, mouth and genitals subjected to electric shock. Herrera was permitted no medical attention by his DINA guards. Two days later, his father heard noises from the room where...
...Herrera incident, which a Santiago lawyer active in human rights cases swears is true, symbolizes a grim fact about life in Chile today: the torture stories that were the hallmark of the military junta's first year still continue. True, midnight arrests and unexplained detentions are rarer now than immediately after the coup, and summary shootings have stopped, but terror has become institutionalized. It operates in the hands of DINA, which has an estimated membership of 1,000 and is responsible only to Military Strongman Augusto Pinochet Ugarte. DINA (Dirección de Informaciones Nacional) maintains centers for interrogation...
...examined by Silva's doctor and found to show burns on his arms, legs, genitals and nose, plus evidence of beating. With the help of the cardinal, he was able to get a safe-conduct pass out of the country, but at last word he was still in Santiago...
...most influential figure to criticize the junta so far is former Christian Democratic President Eduardo Frei. In a recent interview published by the Santiago newsweekly Ercilla, Frei complained that the junta's rejection of any sort of economic controls would only lead to monopoly. "This is what is actually happening: a greater concentration of power and wealth...
...country's economic difficulties become ever more obvious as Chile enters the South American winter. Hunger is settling into the shantytowns around Santiago as the poor find it increasingly difficult to buy food. Workers' salaries, often only $25 to $30 a month, have not kept pace with prices, which rose 94% in the first four months of this year. The fall in international copper prices has badly hurt Chile's major export commodity, forcing the government, in conjunction with other copper-producing nations, to lower production...