Augusto Pinochet

Chilean army general and dictator who assumed power in a coup d'état on 11 September 1973.

Chile has not cleaned up its act

March 1984
Isabel Letelier

The Pinochet regime remains a repressive dictatorship with no intention of moving toward a return to democracy in Chile.

The Chilean Connection

November 1981
Saul Landau
John Dinges

In the early summer of 1976, Col. Manuel Contreras, head of DINA, Chile's secret police, launched an operation to assassinate exiled Chilean leader Orlando Letelier.

Review: Assassination on Embassy Row

May 1981
Jan Joost Teunissen

A review of the book Assassination on Embassy Road, published by NRC Handelsblad on 16 May 1981.

Assassination on Embassy Row

November 1980
Saul Landau
John Dinges

A devastating political document that probes all aspects of the Letelier-Moffitt assassinations, interweaving the investigations of the murder by the FBI and the Institute for Policy Studies.

Review: Assassination on Embassy Row

July 1980
Charles Kaiser

A review of the book Assassination on Embassy Row, published by Newsweek on 21 July 1980.

Review: Assassination on Embassy Row

July 1980
Herbert Mitgang

A review of the book Assassination on Embassy Row, published by The New York Times on 18 July 1980.

Review: Assassination on Embassy Row

July 1980
Christopher Lehmann-Haupt

A review of the book Assassination on Embassty Row, published by The New York Times on 10 July 1980.

Feigning Toughness on Terrorism

August 1979
Michael Moffitt

Ultimately, Pinochet's decision on how to dispose of the troublesome Letelier-Moffitt case will be a political, not a legal, judgment.

Eigth Indicted in Letelier Slaying

August 1978
Timothy S. Robinson with Lawrence Meyer and Christopher Dickey

After a 22-month investigation, a federal grand jury here yesterday indicted the former head of Chile's secret police and seven others in the bombing death of former Chilean ambassador Orlando Letelier.

Arrests Made in Letelier-Moffitt Murders

June 1978
Saul Landau

General Pinochet's days are numbered, a high State Department official confided to Isabel Letelier, widow of Orlando Letelier, as recent new developments became known in the investigation of his assassination.