Chile 'Caravan of Death' commander Gen Arellano Stark dies
Source: BBC
Chile 'Caravan of Death' commander Gen Arellano Stark dies
9 March 2016 Latin America & Caribbean
The Chilean general who led an army death squad in the aftermath of the 1973 military coup has died aged 94.
Gen Sergio Arellano Stark was the commander of the infamous "Caravan of Death", responsible for the killing of at least 75 political prisoners.
The army unit took opponents of Gen Pinochet's regime from jails and executed them by firing squad.
The squad spent two months flying between Santiago and the north of Chile on the orders of Pinochet.
The country's military leader was reportedly annoyed that some commanders in provincial towns had been "soft" on political opponents.
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