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Left Wing Terrorism in Chile (view source)
Revision as of 22:15, June 12, 2017
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In February 1981, in a war communiqué sent to the various press agencies of Santiago, the MIR guerrillas claim to have carried out more than 100 successful operations during 1980, including bomb attacks against the main electricity towers on 11 November, which caused widespread blackouts in Santiago and Valparaiso, and bomb attacks on three banks in the capital on 30 December in which a police officer was shot dead and at least three civilians wounded.
In February 1981, in a war communiqué sent to the various press agencies of Santiago, the MIR guerrillas claim to have carried out more than 100 successful operations during 1980, including bomb attacks against the main electricity towers on 11 November, which caused widespread blackouts in Santiago and Valparaiso, and bomb attacks on three banks in the capital on 30 December in which a police officer was shot dead and at least three civilians wounded.
On 6 July 1981,a MIR terrorist, Carlos Bruit Gutiérrez, kills Chilean Army Sergeant-Major Carlos Enrique Tapia Barraza. Gutiérrez would later be pardoned and set free in an amnesty only benefiting the left.
On 14 September 1981, during attempts to establish an operations base in Neltume, southern Chile, seven MIR fighters were killed in clashes with the police.<ref>"On 14 September 1981, during attempts to set up bases within Chile and to create a liberated zone in the Neltume, Valdivia region in southern Chile, seven MIR fighters were killed by police." Historical Dictionary of Terrorism, Stephen Sloan, Sean K. Anderson, p. 447, Scarecrow Press, 2009</ref>
On 14 September 1981, during attempts to establish an operations base in Neltume, southern Chile, seven MIR fighters were killed in clashes with the police.<ref>"On 14 September 1981, during attempts to set up bases within Chile and to create a liberated zone in the Neltume, Valdivia region in southern Chile, seven MIR fighters were killed by police." Historical Dictionary of Terrorism, Stephen Sloan, Sean K. Anderson, p. 447, Scarecrow Press, 2009</ref>