Pinochet’s Arrest in London

On 16th October 1988, the former Chilean dictator, Augusto Pinochet was placed under house arrest in a hospital in London, where he was recovering from a minor surgery for a herniated disk. The Spanish judge, Baltasar Garzón had issued the international arrest warrant in order to proceed with a trial against the assassination of Spanish citizens during the Chilean dictatorship and Operation Condor.

The Discovery of the Paraguayan Archives of Terror

The “Paraguayan Archives of Terror” is the name that is used to refer to the official documents regarding the police and military repression that occurred in Paraguay under Alfredo Stroessner’s dictatorship. This archive also contains documents sent by the police and military forces of different authoritarian governments in the region, particularly linked to Operation Condor’s repressive coordination.