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Judi Lynn

(160,542 posts) Thu Oct 18, 2012, 01:23 AM Oct 2012

Chile approves extradition request for ex-US officer in 2 killings, including journalist

Chile approves extradition request for ex-US officer in 2 killings, including journalist
By Eva Vergara, The Associated Press October 17, 2012 11:10 PM

SANTIAGO, Chile - Chile's Supreme Court has approved an extradition request for a former U.S. military officer wanted in the 1973 killings of two Americans, including one whose disappearance was the focus of the movie "Missing," a lawyer said Wednesday.

Former U.S. Navy Capt. Ray E. Davis was charged last year in the deaths of journalist Charles Horman and student Frank Teruggi, who were killed during the 1973-1990 dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet.

Attorney Sergio Corvalan, who represents Horman's widow, told The Associated Press that the Supreme Court approved by a 4-1 vote a request by judge Jorge Zepeda to seek Davis' extradition to face trial in Chile.

A court official, who agreed to discuss the case only if not quoted by name, said the vote would be formally announced Thursday.

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http://www.canada.com/entertainment/movie-guide/Chile+approves+extradition+request+exUS+officer+killings+including/7406361/story.html

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Chile approves extradition request for ex-US officer in 2 killings, including journalist (Original Post) Judi Lynn Oct 2012 OP

You have to wonder why Pinochet would have felt that it was okay to murder sabrina 1 Oct 2012 #1

Chile will request extradition of US captain over Pinochet murders Judi Lynn Oct 2012 #2

sabrina 1

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1. You have to wonder why Pinochet would have felt that it was okay to murder

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Thu Oct 18, 2012, 03:16 AM

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a US journalist and a US student without fearing any repercussions from the US.

Also it is odd that the US did not demand an investigation into their deaths.

According to court papers, Horman, a freelance journalist and filmmaker, was arrested on Sept. 17, 1973, two weeks after the coup and taken to Santiago's main soccer stadium, which had been turned into a detention camp for Pinochet's suspected enemies. He was 31.

A national truth commission formed after the dictatorship ended said Horman was executed the next day while in the custody of Chilean state security agents.

The commission said Teruggi, then a 24-year-old university student, was executed on Sept. 22.

The search for Horman by his wife and his father was the topic of the 1982 movie "Missing," which starred Sissy Spacek and Jack Lemmon in the roles. The film won a best screenplay Oscar.

And it took nearly forty years to get any justice. His wife deserves so much credit for never giving up.

But it is encouraging that no matter how long it takes, these war criminals are finally being pursued and at least in some cases, brought to justice.

Judi Lynn

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2. Chile will request extradition of US captain over Pinochet murders

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Sat Oct 20, 2012, 03:18 PM

Oct 2012

Chile will request extradition of US captain over Pinochet murders

Chile wants to put Captain Ray E. Davis on trial for his role in the 1973 killings of journalist Charles Horman and student Frank Teruggi.

Simeon Tegel October 20, 2012 12:28

LIMA, Peru — Chile is set to ask the United States to extradite a former US Navy officer in connection with the murders of two Americans following the 1973 coup led by General Augusto Pinochet.

The South American country’s supreme court approved the extradition application Wednesday over the killings of journalist Charles Horman and student Frank Teruggi, according to their relatives’ Chilean lawyer Sergio Corvalan, the Associated Press reported.

Retired Captain Ray E. Davis, then commander of the US Military Group at the Santiago embassy, is accused of passing information about the pair to Chilean intelligence officers under Pinochet’s command. The case also claims that Davis could have prevented their slayings.

The murders became an international cause celebre after the award-winning 1982 Hollywood film "Missing," starring Jack Lemon and Sissy Spacek, told the story of Horman’s death and the subsequent struggle for justice by his widow and father.

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http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/americas/chile/121020/chile-request-extradition-us-captain-pinochet-murders

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