Chile ex-army chief in child torture probe
Source: Agence France-Presse
Chile ex-army chief in child torture probe
AFP September 24, 2013, 7:20 am
SANTIAGO (AFP) - A Chilean judge ordered a probe Monday into allegations that a former army commander was responsible for the abduction and torture of three children during the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet.
At the time of the alleged torture in 1973, the children were aged one, three and 12.
The defendant, Juan Emilio Cheyre, was then a lieutenant in the army but he later served as army commander in chief, from 2002 to 2006.
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The complaint against Cheyre says that in October of that same year he and the other two accused men burst into the home of the three girls, beat their father and abducted their mother, who was a socialist activist.
Three months later, they allegedly returned to the home and took the three girls away to be with their mother at a prison for women.
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Never ever.
K&R.
It may take many more years before the whole truth will be known about Pinochet's BFF and his ghoulish kingdom hidden behind big gates.
Some background for anyone who hasn't learned about this German Nazi friend of US-supported Augusto Pinochet:
Inside Chile's Colony of Terror
Neo-Nazi sect abused children under political protection
Marcelo Mackinnon (pelarco)
Published 2007-02-01 17:51 (KST)
On a fateful day in 1976, Dr. Ivan Insunza was driving to work along the streets of Santiago, the Chilean capital, when members of Gen. Augusto Pinochet's secret police blocked his car and took him to an unknown location. Insunza was never seen alive again and the only clue about his fate appeared in 2006, when his car was found buried in the "Colonia Dignidad" (Dignity Colony), a large farm with a total area of 17,000 square hectares.
It was precisely during Pinochet's 17-year rule that the Colony increased its power and influence in Chilean society. On Jan. 17, 2007, I was shocked to read in the local press that the Chilean "State Defense Council" has appointed Herman Chadwick, once a high ranking official of the Pinochet regime, as a trustee to manage the financial matters of the Colony.
The "Colonia Dignidad" episode must be the most shameful of its kind not only in Chilean history but also for the world, since a proven murderer and pedophile such as Paul Schaeffer was allowed to carry out his crimes for nearly 50 years.
Paul Schaeffer was born in Germany on Dec. 4, 1921 and from an early age he became notorious for his hatred of women. At age 11, Schaeffer lost his right eye during a fight with a classmate. At the height of the Nazi regime, Schaeffer became a proud member of the "Hitler Youth," but due to his defective vision was rejected entry into the German Army. Instead Schaeffer was posted as a nurse on the western front, where he became an expert in the use of drugs and tranquilizers, a skill that would prove very helpful for him later on.
More:
http://english.ohmynews.com/articleview/article_view.asp?no=342888&rel_no=1
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Paul Schaefer, as a younger man
Paul Schaefer, under arrest, several years ago.[/center]
