Chilean court sends elderly ex-soldiers to jail over singer's 1973 murder
29th August 2023
Jara, then 40, was arrested the day after the September 11, 1973, CIA-backed coup that overthrew Salvador Allende.
PREMIUM Politics
Jara was a member of Chile's Communist Party and a fervent supporter of the Popular Unity coalition that backed Marxist President Allende, who came to power by popular vote in 1970.
