Chilean men carved swastikas into body of gay man they killed

Chilean men carved swastikas into body of gay man they killed

Four men convicted of murder of Daniel Zamudio, which sparked national debate in Chile about hate crimes

Associated Press in Santiago
theguardian.com, Friday 18 October 2013 05.58 EDT

Four Chilean men have been convicted of first-degree murder for beating to death a gay man and carving swastikas into his body.

Daniel Zamudio's death set off a national debate in the country about hate crimes that led its congress to pass an anti-discrimination law.

As the judge read the guilty verdict, Zamudio's mother sobbed. Her son's killers stood motionless and stared blankly at the floor.

Judge Juan Carlos Urrutia said Patricio Ahumada Garay, Alejandro Angulo Tapia, Raul Lopez Fuentes and Fabian Mora Mora were guilty of a crime of "extreme cruelty" and "total disrespect for human life".

The judge said the attackers burned Zamudio with cigarettes, beat him with glass bottles and broke his right leg with a heavy stone before they abandoned him in a park in Santiago on 3 March 2012.

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