Justice Finally Catches Up with Victor Jara's Killer The arrest of retired Colonel Nelson Haase Mazzei marks a long overdue reckoning for one of the most heinous crimes committed during Chile's Pinochet dictatorship.
Víctor Jara, a folk singer and left wing activist, was brutally murdered in 1973, a defining moment in the regime's reign of terror that saw thousands killed or disappeared and tens of thousands detained and tortured.
Haase Mazzei's involvement in Jara's death is well documented through sworn testimony placing him at the scene.