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==Terrorism in the 1980s==

==Terrorism in the 1980s==

On 15 July 1980, three guerrillas disguised as street workmen, stop the vehicle of Lieutenant Colonel [[Roger Vergara Campos]], director of the Army's Intelligence School in Chile, killing him and wounding in a hail of bullets his driver (Sergeant Mario Espinoza Navarro) with their AK 47 assault rifles, causing a woman who witnessed the terrorist attack to fall into a deep state of shock.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=19800716&id=OwtWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7eEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3059,3998750&hl=en  Chilean officer dies in ambush by 3 terrorists]</ref>

On July 15th 1980, three guerrillas disguised as street workmen, stop the vehicle of Lieutenant Colonel [[Roger Vergara Campos]], director of the Army's Intelligence School in Chile, killing him and wounding in a hail of bullets his driver (Sergeant Mario Espinoza Navarro) with their AK 47 assault rifles, causing a woman who witnessed the terrorist attack to fall into a deep state of shock.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=19800716&id=OwtWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7eEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3059,3998750&hl=en  Chilean officer dies in ambush by 3 terrorists]</ref>

On 30 December 1980, MIR guerrillas kill two carabinier NCOs, 31-year-old Corporal Washington Godoy Palma, and 27-year-old Corporal Daniel Alberto González Leiva.<ref>Historia Oral e Historia Política: Izquierda y Lucha Armada en América Latina, 1960-1990, Pablo Pozzi, LOM Ediciones, 2012</ref>

On December 30th 1980, MIR guerrillas kill two carabinier NCOs, 31-year-old Corporal Washington Godoy Palma, and 27-year-old Corporal Daniel Alberto González Leiva.<ref>Historia Oral e Historia Política: Izquierda y Lucha Armada en América Latina, 1960-1990, Pablo Pozzi, LOM Ediciones, 2012</ref>

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 November 11th, which caused widespread blackouts in Santiago and Valparaiso, and bomb attacks on three banks in the capital on December 30th 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 July 6th 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 15 July 1981, MIR gunmen operating in the suburb of Ñuñoa, Santiago, shoot in the head and gravely wound Major Ingrid Olderock from the National Intelligence Directorate (Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional or DINA). She would succumb to her wounds in 2001.

On July 15th 1981, MIR gunmen operating in the suburb of Ñuñoa, Santiago, shoot in the head and gravely wound a female police officer, Major Ingrid Olderock from the National Intelligence Directorate (Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional or DINA). She would succumb to her wounds in 2001.

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 September 14th 1981, during attempts to establish an operations base in Neltume, southern Chile, seven MIR fighters were killed in clashes with the local 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 19 September 1981, army private Víctor Manuel Silva Nahuelpan is killed during counterinsurgency operations in the Neltume area.

On September 19th 1981, army private Víctor Manuel Silva Nahuelpan is killed during counterinsurgency operations in the Neltume area.

In November 1981, MIR guerrillas kill three members of the Investigative Police in an ambush, and also attempt to assassinate Supreme Court President [[Israel Bórquez Montero]].

In November 1981, MIR guerrillas kill three members of the Investigative Police in an ambush, and also attempt to assassinate the Supreme Court President [[Israel Bórquez Montero]].

In further operations carried in November 1981, units of the Chilean Army destroy two MIR bases in the Neltume mountains, capturing large ammunition depots in the process.

In further operations carried in November 1981, units of the Chilean Army destroy two MIR bases in the Neltume mountains, capturing large ammunition depots in the process.