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Apr 13, 1932 Temuco, Araucanía Region, Chile Died on 21 Sep 1976 (aged 44)
Chilean economist and diplomat
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About Orlando Letelier
- Marcos Orlando Letelier del Solar (13 April 1932 – 21 September 1976) was a Chilean economist, politician and diplomat during the presidency of Salvador Allende.
- A refugee from the military dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet, Letelier accepted several academic positions in Washington, D.C.
- following his exit from Chile.
- In 1976, agents of Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional (DINA), the Pinochet regime's secret police, assassinated Letelier in Washington via the use of a car bomb.
- These agents had been working in collaboration with members of the Coordination of United Revolutionary Organizations, a U.S.-sponsored, anti-Fidel Castro, militant group.
