Camilo Valenzuela was a Chilean General and chief of the garrison in Santiago de Chile. Chile, officially the Republic of Chile ( Spanish:) is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow Coastal strip wedged between the Santiago ( (litteraly in spanish Saint James) is the Capital of Chile, and the center of its largest Conurbation ( Greater Santiago In 1970 he led a group that with intent to stop the newly elected Salvador Allende from being inaugurated as president, tried to kidnap constitutionalist Army Commander-in-Chief René Schneider. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A presidential election was held in Chile on 4 September 1970. Salvador Isabelino Allende Gossens (June 26 1908 – September 11 1973 was President of Chile from November 1970 until his death during the coup d'état of For the revolt in Brazil, see Constitutionalist Revolution. The term Constitutionalism is a word with a variety of meanings General René Schneider Chereau ( December 31, 1913 - October 25, 1970) was the Commander-in-chief of the Chilean Army On October 19, 1970, the group, supplied with tear gas grenades delivered by the CIA, made an attempt to kidnap Schneider as he was leaving a bachelor party. near as long as it used to be several months ago It has been actively summarized and split into sub-articles and there is a dynamic talk page discussion of all A bachelor party (United States South Africa also known as a stag party or stag night or stag do (UK Ireland Canada and New Zealand bull's But the attempt failed because Schneider left in a private car and not the expected official vehicle.
A second attempt October 20 was also unsuccessful. The CIA assured Valenzuela that "USG support for anti-Allende action continues. "[1] But they also concluded: "since Valenzuela’s group is apparently having considerable difficulty executing even the first step of its coup plan, the prospect for a coup succeeding or even occurring before 24 October [the day for the Congressional vote] now appears remote. "[2]
At 2 a. m. , October 22, machine guns were handed over from the CIA to Valenzuela's group. But before Valenzuela could make a new kidnap attempt, Schneider was shot later that day by a group led by Roberto Viaux, and died three days later in hospital. General Roberto Viaux Marambio ( 1917 - September 5, 2005) was a Chilean Army General and the primary planner in two failed Coup d'état (The weapons supplied to Valenzuela were not used in the killing. )
Following the shooting, Valenzuela was appointed "Jefe del Plaza for Law and Order"/chief of Santiago province and Schneider was succeeded by General Carlos Prats. General Carlos Prats González ( February 24, 1915 - September 30, 1974) was a Chilean Army officer a Political figure On October 24 the Congress confirmed Allende as president. The National Congress (Congreso Nacional is the legislative branch of the government of the Republic of Chile. The attempts to prevent Salvador Allende from taking office had failed.
Military courts in Chile found that Schneider's death was caused by two military groups, one led by Roberto Viaux and the other by Camilo Valenzuela. Viaux and Valenzuela were convicted of charges of conspiring to cause a coup, and Viaux also was convicted of kidnapping. The CIA aided both groups, the lawsuit said.
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References
- Hitchens, Christopher, "Why has he got away with it?", The Guardian, February 24, 2001. See also United States intervention in Chile Project FUBELT (also known as Track II) is the codename for the secret CIA operations that were intended The United States intervention in Chilean's politics started during the War of Chilean Independence. Christopher Eric Hitchens (born April 13, 1949) is a British Author, Journalist, Literary critic and American The Guardian (until 1959 The Manchester Guardian) is a British Newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group.
- Gustafson, Christian C. , Reexamining the Record: CIA Machinations in Chile in 1970.
Notes
- ^ Cable, CIA HQ to Santiago Station, "Request Contact General Valenzuela," 22 October 1970. (Note in Gustafson)
- ^ Church Committee, Alleged Assassination Plots Involving Foreign Leaders, November 1975, page 245. The Church Committee is the common term referring to the United States Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities, a
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