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==Civilian losses==
 
==Civilian losses==
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During the first week of September 1973, Juan Romero, Luis Menares, Andrés Osorio and Mario Montucci are killed during confrontations involving truckers protesting against the government of Allende and carabineers sent to break the strike.<ref>[http://www.diarioeldia.cl/politica/hace-40-anoshuelga-rodado-cobra-muerto Los hechos que marcaron la edición del miércoles 5 de septiembre de 1973]</ref>That same week, police shoot and kill a 16-year-old student (Gunter Warenker Contreras) protesting against Allende.
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During the first week of September 1973, Juan Romero, Luis Menares, Andrés Osorio and Mario Montucci are killed during confrontations involving truckers protesting against the government of Allende and carabineers sent to break the strike.<ref>[http://www.diarioeldia.cl/politica/hace-40-anoshuelga-rodado-cobra-muerto Los hechos que marcaron la edición del miércoles 5 de septiembre de 1973]</ref>That same week, police shoot and kill a 16-year-old student (Gunter Warenker Contreras) protesting against Allende. Prior to these incidents, 500 Chileans (mainly farm hands and factory workers) were killed or maimed resisting leftists taking over their farms, factories and other places of work.
    
During the 1980s, 53 civilians were killed and hundreds wounded as a result of bombings and raids carried out by Chilean Marxist terrorists and their leftist supporters hidden among the civilian population.
 
During the 1980s, 53 civilians were killed and hundreds wounded as a result of bombings and raids carried out by Chilean Marxist terrorists and their leftist supporters hidden among the civilian population.
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