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Left Wing Terrorism in Chile (view source)
Revision as of 22:57, June 20, 2017
, 22:57, June 20, 2017→Terrorism in the 1970s
On 5 February 1970, Left Wing Radical Pedro Lenin Valenzuela attempts to hijack a plane and take it to Cuba. In the resulting gunfight at the Chilean International Airport, a flight attendant, Scarlet Burgos and a detective are wounded. Valenzuela is killed in the return fire.
On 5 February 1970, Left Wing Radical Pedro Lenin Valenzuela attempts to hijack a plane and take it to Cuba. In the resulting gunfight at the Chilean International Airport, a flight attendant, Scarlet Burgos and a detective are wounded. Valenzuela is killed in the return fire.
The next day, a policeman (carabineer Luis Merino Ferreira) is killed in a clash with guerrillas.
On 11 August 1970, MIR guerrillas shoot and kill a police NCO, Corporal Luis Fuentes Pineda).
On 21 September 1970, guerrillas shoot and kill another police NCO, Corporal Armando Cofré López, during a bank robbery in the suburb of Irarrázabal in Santiago.
On 19 September 1973, Army Private Gerardo León Acuña is killed when he loses control of his military vehicle while on patrol.
On 19 September 1973, Army Private Gerardo León Acuña is killed when he loses control of his military vehicle while on patrol.