Investigation suspects perpetrators who assassinated Sen. Jaime Guzmán in 1991 are living in Cuba.
More than 20 years after the assassination of emblematic senator Jaime Guzmán, the Chilean government announced Monday that it will confront Cuban authorities about the country harboring the fallen politician’s perpetrators.
Guzmán is largely known for his role in drafting the Chilean constitution, passed when he was an advisor to dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet, and for founding of the right-wing Independent Democratic Union Party (UDI).
Members of Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front (FPMR), a far-left guerrilla group, assassinated the controversial politician outside Universidad Católica on April 1, 1991. While authorities managed to detain some of the perpetrators, most fled Chile for other countries, including Cuba.
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More than 20 years after the assassination of emblematic senator Jaime Guzmán, the Chilean government announced Monday that it will confront Cuban authorities about the country harboring the fallen politician’s perpetrators.
Guzmán is largely known for his role in drafting the Chilean constitution, passed when he was an advisor to dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet, and for founding of the right-wing Independent Democratic Union Party (UDI).Members of Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front (FPMR), a far-left guerrilla group, assassinated the controversial politician outside Universidad Católica on April 1, 1991. While authorities managed to detain some of the perpetrators, most fled Chile for other countries, including Cuba.
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