On 21 September 1976, Orlando Letelier, a former Chilean diplomat and outspoken opponent of dictator Augusto Pinochet, was assassinated in Washington, D.C., United States by a car bomb planted by agen
Memorial to Letelier and Moffit in Washington, D.C.
Ronni Moffitt, killed in the car bombing, worked at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, D.C.
This 1978 Central Intelligence Agency estimate concludes that Chilean General Augusto Pinochet "personally ordered" the assassination of former Chilean diplomat Orlando Letelier.
Grave of Letelier in the Santiago General Cemetery in Chile
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Michael Vernon Townley is an American-born former agent of the Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional, the secret police of Chile during the regime of Augusto Pinochet. In 1978, Townley pleaded guilty to
Assassination of Orlando Letelier
…involves the formation of special teams from member countries to carry out sanctions up to assassinations". The FBI eventually uncovered evidence that Michael Townley, a DINA US expatriate, had organized the assassination of Orlando Letelier on behalf of Chile. Townley and Armando Fernandez Larios, who was also…
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