According to official data, a total of 1,469 people were detained and forcibly disappeared or murdered during the 17 years of the regime of Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990). The whereabouts of 1,100 is still unknown. “We cannot talk about full democracy when 51 years after the coup d’état many are still looking for their loved ones to bury them and be able to grieve,” said Alicia Lira, president of the Group of Relatives of Politically Executed Persons in an interview with Prensa Latina.
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