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| | On 11 September 1987, leftists destroy a police vehicle in a bomb attack in Santiago, killing two carabiniers. | | On 11 September 1987, leftists destroy a police vehicle in a bomb attack in Santiago, killing two carabiniers. |
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| − | According to the Chilean Catholic Church, during 1987 there were 51 Chileans killed in violent confrontations. Of these, seven victims were security personnel and five were civilians caught in bomb explosions ... The remaining 38 were killed by agents of the police and military forces.<ref>."Chile: Human Rights and the Plebiscite, Stephen A. Rickard, Cynthia G. Brown, Alfred C. Stepan, p. 65, Human Rights Watch, 1988</ref>
| + | During 1987, according to the Chilean Catholic Church, there were 51 Chileans killed in violent confrontations. Of these, seven victims were security personnel and five were civilians caught in bomb explosions The remaining 38 were killed by police agents and military forces.<ref>."Chile: Human Rights and the Plebiscite, Stephen A. Rickard, Cynthia G. Brown, Alfred C. Stepan, p. 65, Human Rights Watch, 1988</ref> |
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| − | From 1983 to 1986, the Chilean bomb squad reportedly deactivated 2,083 bombs planted by leftists in the major cities. | + | From 1983 to 1986, the main Chilean bomb squad reportedly deactivated 2,083 bombs planted by leftists in the major cities. |
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| − | On 20 January 1988, a bomb planted by MIR guerrillas in the Capredena Medical Center in Valparaiso kills a 65-year-old female pensioner (Berta Rosa Pardo Muñoz) and wounds 15 other women. | + | On 20 January 1988, a bomb planted by MIR guerrillas in the Capredena Medical Center in Valparaiso kills a 64-year-old female pensioner (Berta Rosa Pardo Muñoz) and wounds another 20 people, including a 1-year-old child.<ref>"1988 ENERO 20 Valparaíso: explota bomba en Capredena. Alrededor de las 15 horas una poderosa bomba hace explosión en la Caja de Previsión de la Defensa Nacional de Valparaíso causando la muerte de Berta Prado de 64 años, y dejando a una 20 personas heridas, entre ellas un menor de un año y medio." |
| | + | Análisis: revista patrocinada por la Academia de Humanismo Cristiano (Issues 246-258), p. 34, Sociedad Periodística Emisión Limitada, 1988</ref> |
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| − | On January 26, 1988, MIR guerrillas plant six TNT charges in a house in La Cisterna, killing 42-year-old Major Julio Eladio Benimeli Ruz, commander of the carabiniers special operations group. | + | On January 26, 1988, MIR guerrillas plant six TNT charges in a house in La Cisterna, killing 42-year-old Major Julio Eladio Benimeli Ruz, commander of the carabiniers Special Operations Group. |
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| | In June 1988, MIR guerrillas conduct a series of bombings in Santiago, damaging several banks. That month, FPMR guerrillas kill 43-year-old Lieutenant-Colonel Miguel Eduardo Rojas Lobos of the Chilean Army, after he had parked his car in the Santiago suburb of San Joaquín. | | In June 1988, MIR guerrillas conduct a series of bombings in Santiago, damaging several banks. That month, FPMR guerrillas kill 43-year-old Lieutenant-Colonel Miguel Eduardo Rojas Lobos of the Chilean Army, after he had parked his car in the Santiago suburb of San Joaquín. |