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Additionally, Chile is a signatory to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which aims for the global abolition of capital punishment. [4] However, Chile has invoked a reservation under Article 2.1 of the treaty, permitting execution during wartime for the conviction of the most serious ...
According to the Commission of Truth and Reconciliation (Rettig Commission) and the National Commission on Political Imprisonment and Torture (Valech Commission), the number of direct victims of human rights violations in Chile accounts for around 30,000 people: 27,255 tortured and 2,279 executed. In addition, some 200,000 people suffered exile ...
Extrajudicial executions and killings are not included. In general, executions carried out in the territory of a sovereign state when it was a colony or before the sovereign state gained independence are not included. The colours on the map correspond to and have the same meanings as the colours in the charts.
Date Location Deaths Injuries Notes 7 June 1957 Valdivia: 6 2 Perpetrator was sentenced to life in prison. 20 August 1960 San Carlos: 6–7 0 Perpetrator was sentenced to death and executed in 1963.
The Caravan of Death (Spanish: Caravana de la Muerte) was a Chilean Army death squad that, following the Chilean coup of 1973, flew by helicopters from south to north of Chile between September 30 and October 22, 1973.
Hanging, and state also has power to determine method of execution by offense committed. Death penalty for murder; espionage; treason; attempt on the life of the head of state; mutiny; desertion in the face of the enemy, aggravated piracy and terrorism. Persons excused from capital punishment are pregnant women, teenagers who were younger than ...
The United States ranks among the top five countries in the world with the most executions in 2023, according to a new report from Amnesty International.. The US carried out 24 death sentences ...
6 (2 outside of Chile) Executed in 1907 French miner who murdered his girlfriend's father before fleeing to Peru and killing another person there. While in Chile, he killed another 4 victims before being caught. After being caught, he was sentenced to death via firing squad. Juan de Dios Osorio Galdámez "Che Galdámez" 1942–1943 3 Executed ...