Chilean court closes Salvador Allende case
With this decision, the investigation initiated three years ago by Minister Mario Carroza to determine if other people were involved in the death of the former Chilean president, who died on September 11, 1973, is now closed; the Supreme Court ratified the judge's decision, which concluded that Allende committed suicide in the Independence Hall of the La Moneda Palace, the seat of government.
From Agência Brasil*
Brasilia - The Chilean Supreme Court confirmed the dismissal of the case concerning the death of former President Salvador Allende, who died on September 11, 1973. With this decision, the investigation initiated three years ago by Minister Mario Carroza to determine if other individuals were involved is now closed.
The court ratified the judge's decision, which concluded that the former president killed himself in the Independence Hall of the La Moneda Palace, the seat of the Chilean government. He killed himself with an AK-47 rifle. To reach this conclusion, Judge Carroza commissioned expert analyses that included the exhumation of Allende's body and analysis by Chilean and foreign experts.
The investigation is among 726 cases of alleged human rights violations during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet that had never been investigated. Regarding the alleged involvement of the military in the death of the former president, the investigations indicate that the troops who stormed La Moneda arrived after Allende had killed himself, and emphasize that there is no evidence to prove that there was a confrontation.
* with information from TVN and Telam