René Schneider
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René Schneider Chereau was a Chilean military official who served as commander-in-chief of the Chilean Army at the time of the 1970 Chilean presidential election, when he was assassinated during a bot
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Carlos Prats
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Carlos Prats González was a Chilean Army officer and politician. He served as a minister in Salvador Allende's government while Commander-in-chief of the Chilean Army. He resigned in August 1973 amid
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…independently or unilaterally, but clearly as a co-conspirator with Valenzuela..." On October 26, 1970, President Eduardo Frei Montalva named General Carlos Prats as Commander-in-Chief to replace Schneider. This happened at the same time that $35,000 was given by the CIA to the kidnappers "to keep the prior contact…
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Salvador Allende with Carlos Prats and other commanders of the armed forces of Chile during the Military parade.
Memorial plaque to Prats and Sofía Cuthbert in Buenos Aires.