[cardinal4]

Yes I will agree many of those people were Marxists, but a lot of them werent. Like Argentina, they went overboard. I dont know what your connection to Chile is, but we had friends in Argentina who had a family member disappear while in Santiago. His crime? No one knows, he wasnt subversive in Buenos Aires, he was an airline employee on an overnight in Santiago. Petitioning every possible body for help both in Argentina and in Chile, as well as several world bodies, resulted in nothing but stonewalling from Pinochets Interior people. This would have '83 or early '84. As of '89, my last contact with the family, there had been no word at all from the Chileans, who at the time, were getting ready to oust Augusto.

[weikel]

I would say A. He was subversive in Chile or B. Kidnapping is common in Latin America.

Ive seen little credible evidence Pinochet went overboard. Franco did for a while though I consider him better than the alternative.