Left Wing Terrorism in Chile - Revision history

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	In February 1974, the MIR announced an alliance with the Bolivian ELN, the Uruguayan Tupamaros and Argentinian ERP and Montoneros guerrilla organizations, but this threat to Pinochet was largely neutralized with the Argentinian military coup that took place in March 1976. Nevertheless, at least 100 highly trained MIR terrorists reentered Chile in late 1980, and the MIR would claim responsibility for a number of bombings and bank robberies.<ref>"By late 1980, at least 100 highly trained MIR terrorists had reentered Chile, and the MIR had claimed responsibility for a number of bombings and bank robberies." United States Congressional Serial Set, p. 247, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1984</ref>		In February 1974, the MIR announced an alliance with the Bolivian ELN, the Uruguayan Tupamaros and Argentinian ERP and Montoneros guerrilla organizations, but this threat to Pinochet was largely neutralized with the Argentinian military coup that took place in March 1976. Nevertheless, at least 100 highly trained MIR terrorists reentered Chile in late 1980, and the MIR would claim responsibility for a number of bombings and bank robberies.<ref>"By late 1980, at least 100 highly trained MIR terrorists had reentered Chile, and the MIR had claimed responsibility for a number of bombings and bank robberies." United States Congressional Serial Set, p. 247, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1984</ref>
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		+	The MIR leader Miguel Enríquez was a bank thief and also participated in the armed confrontation that caused the death of agent Julio Robinson. Consequently, Brigadier [[Miguel Krassnoff]] intervened in fulfillment of his duty as a military officer to defend the order and security of the country.

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 Among the army fallen is 19 year-old Private Julio Antilef, shot dead by leftists that had used an ambulance to trick the army conscript as he stood guard outside a Chilean ENTEL telecommunications building in downtown Santiago.<ref>[https://www.theclinic.cl/2013/09/11/la-historia-de-los-pelados-del-73-los-soldados-que-asaltaron-santiago/ La historia de los pelados del ’73: Los soldados que asaltaron Santiago]</ref>
-On 19 September 1973, Army Private Gerardo León Acuña is killed when he loses control of his military vehicle while on patrol.
+On September 19, 1973, Army Private Gerardo León Acuña is killed when he loses control of his military vehicle while on patrol.
-On 1 October 1973, leftist militants in support of the MIR attack a military vehicle, killing Army Private Pedro Prado Ortiz.
+On October 23, 1973, 23-year-old Corporal Alfredo Jaramillo Ruz from the 2nd ''Cazadores'' Armoured Cavalry Regiment (under Lieutenant-Colonel Santiago Sinclair Oyaneder) is shot and killed in a clash with armed leftists operating in the mountainous region of Las Fainas in Valdivia.<ref>[https://interactivos.museodelamemoria.cl/victimas/?p=926 Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos]</ref>
 On 7 November 1973, leftist guerrillas in Santiago open fire on an army truck in the suburb of La Florida, killing Army Private Agustín Correa Contreras.

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 On 17 November 1973, MIR guerrillas shoot and kill Army Sergeant Waldo Morales Neal.
-On 19 November 1973, while on guard duty in Osorno, Army Private Clemente Santibáñez Vargas is killed.
+On November 19, 1973, while on guard duty in Osorno, Army Private Clemente Santibáñez Vargas is shot and killed. <ref>"19 Noviembre 73 Mientras cumplía la misión de proteger torres ENTEL, en Munirrumo, Osorno, fallece el SLC Clemente Santibáñez Vargas."  Presentación del Ejército de Chile a la Comisión Nacional de Verdad y Reconciliación, Volume 4, p. 98, Ejército de Chile, 1990</ref>
 On November 28, 1973, MIR guerrillas operating in the Conchalí suburb of Santiago, shoot and kill Army Corporal Ramón Madariaga Valdebenito.<ref>Presentación del Ejército de Chile a la Comisión Nacional de Verdad y Reconciliación, Volume 1, p. 463, Ejército de Chile, 1990</ref>

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 On December 13, 1973, two Army Sergeants, Sergio Cannon Lermanda and Pedro Osorio Guerrero are killed while on patrol in Bulnes.<ref>Presentación del Ejército de Chile a la Comisión Nacional de Verdad y Reconciliación, Volume 1, p. 463, Ejército de Chile, 1990</ref>
-On December 15, 1973, guerrillas operating in the suburb of La Reina in Santiago, shoot and kill Army Corporal Roberto Barra Martínez.
+On December 15, 1973, guerrillas operating in the suburb of La Reina in Santiago, shoot and kill Army Corporal Roberto Barra Martínez.<ref>[http://ongcren.cl/en-el-dia-de-todos-los-santos-un-especial-recuerdo-a-los-caidos-en-el-cumplimiento-del-deber-por-su-patria/ En el Día de todos los Santos, un especial recuerdo a los caídos en el cumplimiento del deber por su Patria]</ref>
 On December 26, 1973, leftist guerrillas open fire on an army jeep, killing Private José Luis Huerta Abarca.<ref>Presentación del Ejército de Chile a la Comisión Nacional de Verdad y Reconciliación, Volume 1, p. 463, Ejército de Chile, 1990</ref>

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 On July 8, 1973, police discover in a ''Corporación de la Reforma Agraria'' (CORA) government van, 150 sidearms, 150 hand grenades and 300 petrol bombs and six submachineguns meant to be delivered to guerrillas in Santiago.
-On 27 July 1973, a farmer and member of the Christian Democrat Party, Jorge Mena, is surrounded by leftists and clubbed to death in Osorno.
+On 27 July 1973, a farmer and member of the Christian Democrat Party, Jorge Mena, is surrounded by leftists and clubbed to death in Osorno.<ref>"El 27 de julio de 1973, Jorge Mena, agricultor democratacristiano, es asesinado por elementos extremistas a palos y fierrazos, en Osorno." La Verdad Olvidada del Terrorismo en Chile, 1968-1996, Arturo Castillo Vicencio, p.80, Editorial Maye Ltda, 2007</ref>
-The next day, another farmer, Juan Luis Urrutia, dies resisting the leftist takeover of his land in Bulnes.
+The next day, another farmer, Juan Luis Urrutia, dies of a heart attack while resisting the leftist takeover of his land in Bulnes.<ref>"El 28 de julio de 1973, Juan Luis Urrutia, agricultor muere de un infarto cardíaco durante toma de su fundo, en Bulnes." La Verdad Olvidada del Terrorismo en Chile, 1968-1996, Arturo Castillo Vicencio, p.80, Editorial Maye Ltda, 2007</ref>
 On 30 July, MIR Guerrillas kill Manuel Garrido, an employee of ''Paños Continental'' in a confrontation that also involved Brazilian leftists.

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 On August 15, 1972, ten Marxist Guerrillas arrive in Pudahuel International Airport in Santiago and obtain sanctuary in Chile, after having hijacked a plane at gunpoint following their escape from Argentina.
-On August 30, 1972, a carabineer corporal (Exequiel Aroca Cuevas) is killed in the City of Concepción, when leftists open fire on the police anti-riot bus he was travelling.<ref>Breve historia de la unidad popular, Teresa Donoso Loero, p. 218, El Mercurio, 1973</ref>
+On August 30, 1972, a carabineer corporal (Exequiel Aroca Cuevas) is killed in the City of Concepción, when armed leftists from the Socialist Party of Chile open fire on the police anti-riot bus he was traveling in.<ref>Breve historia de la unidad popular, Teresa Donoso Loero, p. 218, El Mercurio, 1973</ref><ref>[https://elpaisonline.cl/noticias-new/193-asesinados-y-heridos-por-comunistas-guerrilleros-sin-respetar-sus-derechos Asesinados y Heridos por Comunistas Guerrilleros Sin Respetar sus Derechos. SUS FAMILIAS TAMBIEN CLAMAN JUSTICIA]</ref>
-On 3 December 1972, fifty leftists brandishing sidearms and clubs, seize a Paños Continental factory, leaving  nine employees injured in the process.
+On December 3, 1972, fifty leftists brandishing sidearms and clubs, seize a Paños Continental factory, leaving  nine employees injured in the process.
 On February 27, 1973, MIR Guerrillas attacked and destroyed the Llanquihue police station, shooting and wounding 10 carabineers in the fierce gun-battle.<ref>La verdad olvidada del terrorismo en Chile, 1968-1996, Arturo Castillo Vicencio, p. 76, Editorial Maye Ltda,  2007</ref>
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 That same month, 16-year-old Germán Enrique González and 17-year-old Sergio Oscar Vergara, both members of the Christian Democrat Party were killed while resisting the leftist takeover of the La Reina estate.
-On April 2, 1973, MIR Guerrillas operating in Santiago shoot and kill a police detective, Gabriel Rodríguez Alcaíno.<ref>La verdad olvidada del terrorismo en Chile, 1968-1996, Arturo Castillo Vicencio, p. 77, Editorial Maye Ltda, 2007</ref>
+On April 2, 1973, MIR Guerrillas operating in the suburb of Puente Alto in Santiago shoot and kill a police detective, Gabriel Rodríguez Alcaíno.<ref>La verdad olvidada del terrorismo en Chile, 1968-1996, Arturo Castillo Vicencio, p. 77, Editorial Maye Ltda, 2007</ref>
-In May 1973, Mario Aguilar, a member of the ''Movimiento Patria y Libertad'' is gunned down by leftists in downtown Santiago.
+In May 4, 1973, Mario Aguilar, a member of the ''Movimiento Patria y Libertad'' is gunned down by leftists in downtown Santiago.<ref>"Mayo 1973 Nombre: Mario Aguilar Condición: Civil, militante de “ Patria y Libertad ” Circunstancias: En mayo de 1973, es asesinado a balazos por terroristas de izquierda en calle Huérfanos, Santiago." La Violencia Izquierdista en Chile, p. 56, Unión de Oficiales en Retiro de la Defensa Nacional, 2001</ref>
-On 8 July 1973, police discover in a ''Corporación de la Reforma Agraria'' (CORA) government van, 150 sidearms, 150 hand grenades and 300 petrol bombs and six submachineguns meant to be delivered to guerrillas in Santiago.
+On July 8, 1973, police discover in a ''Corporación de la Reforma Agraria'' (CORA) government van, 150 sidearms, 150 hand grenades and 300 petrol bombs and six submachineguns meant to be delivered to guerrillas in Santiago.
 On 27 July 1973, a farmer and member of the Christian Democrat Party, Jorge Mena, is surrounded by leftists and clubbed to death in Osorno.

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 According to police records submitted to the Chilean senate, Left-Wing Radicals and Guerrillas illegally occupied 1,458 farms between November 1970 and December 1971.<ref>[https://www.bcn.cl/laborparlamentaria/wsgi/consulta/verDiarioDeSesion.py?id=588379 Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile]</ref>
-On 24 May 1971, VOP Marxist guerrillas in an armed robbery of a bank money transfer van shoot and mortally wound a policeman (Corporal José Arnaldo Gutiérrez Urrutia) and wound two accompanying Miramar supermarket employees.
+On 24 May 1971, MIR guerrillas in a staged armed robbery of the Miramar supermarket in Santiago mortally wound a policeman (Corporal José Arnaldo Gutiérrez Urrutia)<ref>[https://elpaisonline.cl/noticias-new/193-asesinados-y-heridos-por-comunistas-guerrilleros-sin-respetar-sus-derechos Asesinados y Heridos por Comunistas Guerrilleros Sin Respetar sus Derechos. SUS FAMILIAS TAMBIEN CLAMAN JUSTICIA]</ref>and wound two supermarket employees.
 In June 1971, VOP guerrillas killed Edmundo Perez Zujovic, a Christian Democrat and former interior minister.

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 On June 29, 1970, leftists plant and detonate a bomb in the ''Casino de Carabineros'' in Iquique.
-On August 11, 1970, MIR guerrillas shoot and kill a police NCO, Corporal Luis Fuentes Pineda.
+On August 1, 1970, MIR guerrillas shoot and kill a police NCO, Corporal Luis Fuentes Pineda while on guard duty in the Pedro Aguirre Cerda suburb of Santiago.<ref>[https://elpaisonline.cl/noticias-new/193-asesinados-y-heridos-por-comunistas-guerrilleros-sin-respetar-sus-derechos Asesinados y Heridos por Comunistas Guerrilleros Sin Respetar sus Derechos. SUS FAMILIAS TAMBIEN CLAMAN JUSTICIA]</ref>
 On September 21, 1970, guerrillas shoot and kill another police NCO, Corporal Armando Cofré López, during a bank robbery in the suburb of Irarrázabal in Santiago.<ref>Los hechos de violencia en Chile, María de los Angeles Aylwin Ramírez, Soledad Reyes del Villar, p. 223, Fundación Libertad y Desarrollo, 2003</ref>

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 On August 13, 1985, a 26-year-old Marine Lieutenant César Omar Chesta Mousset seconded to the CNI (secret police), is killed while attempting to deactivate a bomb planted in railway tracks in the suburb of Peñablanca, 20 kilometres outside Viña del Mar. <ref>[https://interactivos.museodelamemoria.cl/victimas/?p=2204 CHESTA MOUISSET CESAR OMAR]</ref>
-On August 14, 1985, a leftist bomb planted in the Savory 3 restaurant in downtown Santiago wounds a family of four, Miguel Contreras and his wife María Alcaíno, along with their children, 3-year-old Michel and 2-year-old Catherine.<ref>[https://www.victimasdelterrorismo.cl/inicio/celebrando-un-cumplea%C3%B1os-una-familia-es-v%C3%ADctima-de-un-bombazo-en-pleno-paseo-ahumada Bombazo e histeria en pleno Paseo Ahumada]</ref> A passerby, 26-year-old Delia Castro Cabezas and a waiter, 33-year-old Gabriel Enrique Moreno Rubín are also badly injured by flying shards of glass in the explosion.
+On August 14, 1985, a leftist bomb planted in the Savory 3 restaurant in downtown Santiago wounds a family of four, Miguel Contreras and his wife María Alcaíno, along with their children, 3-year-old Michel and 2-year-old Catherine.<ref>[https://www.victimasdelterrorismo.cl/inicio/celebrando-un-cumplea%C3%B1os-una-familia-es-v%C3%ADctima-de-un-bombazo-en-pleno-paseo-ahumada Bombazo e histeria en pleno Paseo Ahumada]</ref> <ref>[https://groups.google.com/g/chile.soc.politica/c/XA4gmffj0OM/m/HcnS1uyaObIJ?pli=1 Cronología del terrorismo socialista]</ref>A passerby, 26-year-old Delia Castro Cabezas and a waiter, 33-year-old Gabriel Enrique Moreno Rubín are also badly injured by flying shards of glass in the explosion.
 On August 30, 1985, an arms cache of the outlawed Communist Party was discovered in [[Antofogasta]]. A great quantity of explosives from Libya were found there. According to foreign intelligence services, all this materiel was smuggled into Chile over the northern border. These explosives came from Nicaragua, where they had arrived from Libya, and the shipment for the [[Sandinist Revolutionary Army]] was diverted to the Chilean terrorist organizations.<ref>"According to investigations carried out by the intelligence services of other countries, all this materiel was smuggled into Chile over the northern border. These arms came from Nicaragua, where they had arrived from Libya, and the shipment was consigned to the Sandinist Revolutionary Army, to be delivered to the so-called "Chilean resistance." Daily Report: Latin America (Volume 86, Issues 11-21), p. 45, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, 1986</ref>