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Thread: Things can move very slowly when it comes to justice for past atrocities, and then sometimes they move very fast. In july of this year, one of the people responsible for the extrajudicial killing and torture of Chilean folk singer Victor Jara was stripped of his US citizenship
02:13 PM - Oct 10, 2023
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Victor Jara was an icon in Chile. Here's the story of his killing immediately after the September 11, 1973 coup by Pinochet. https://www.netflix.com/ti... and he has remained an icon in Chile ever since.
02:15 PM - Oct 10, 2023
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The fact that his song "the right to live in peace" was the anthem of protests in 2019 still gives me chills.

https://www.npr.org/2019/1...
02:16 PM - Oct 10, 2023 (Edited)
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In 2016, my organization, The Center for Justice and Accountability (www.cja.org) won a civil suit against one of the military officers who tortured and killed him. He happened to be present in the US, which allowed us to proceed in this case. https://cja.org/what-we-do...
02:18 PM - Oct 10, 2023
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But Barrientos still has not faced justice in Chile and an extradition request has been pending for years. In July of this year, Barrientos was stripped of his US citizenship (denaturalized) based on immigration fraud charges.
02:22 PM - Oct 10, 2023
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Today, Barrientos was arrested by immigration authorities. There is hope that he will face justice in Chile in the near future, but none of this would be possible without the decades-long commitment that his family has had to see justice for him and so many other victims of Chile's dictatorship.
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02:23 PM - Oct 10, 2023 (Edited)
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So today I have a little bit of hope in the middle of so much terrible news in the world. #humanrights #ZeroImpunity #Hope
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02:25 PM - Oct 10, 2023 (Edited)
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And here's the press release on Barrientos' arrest:
https://www.ice.gov/news/r...
02:30 PM - Oct 10, 2023
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