Orlando Letelier, a former Chilean ambassador to the United States, and U.S. citizen Ronni Moffitt were both killed in a car bombing in Washington on Sept. 21, 1976. (AP)The CIA concluded that former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet personally ordered the 1976 murder of a top dissident, according to newly released government documents that show U.S. confidence about a key ally’s responsibility for a shocking attack in Washington. “We’re talking micromanaging a coverup of an act of terrorism in Washington, D.C. to save his own skin,” Kornbluh said. “If Orlando Letelier was a symbol of struggle during his life, his image has become a symbol of the search for truth, reparation and justice,” Bachelet said. Read more:Why the Obama administration is giving old state secrets to Latin American alliesA car bomb killed Orlando Letelier on Embassy Row 40 years ago.

Source: Washington Post September 23, 2016 20:46 UTC