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That same day, Jorge Baraona Puelma dies resisting the takeover of his Nilahue land in Colchagua.

That same day, Jorge Baraona Puelma dies resisting the takeover of his Nilahue land in Colchagua.

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 other Miramar supermarket employees.

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 1 December 1971, 50,000-200,000 women took to the streets of Santiago to protest against Salvador Allende’s ''Unidad Popular'' government. Their peaceful march turns ugly when leftists attacked the women with rocks. However, their ''Marcha de las Cacerolas Vacías'' (March of the Empty Pots) signaled the beginning of a massive coordinated anti-Allende movement. To keep the memory alive of the march, women in the middle-class and affluent suburbs of Santiago banged on pots every night for two hours for several months.

On 4 September 1973, police shoot and kill a 16-year-old student (Gunter Warenker Contreras) protesting against the government of Allende.  

On 4 September 1973, police shoot and kill a 16-year-old student (Gunter Warenker Contreras) protesting against the government of Allende.