The Investigative Brigade: Hunting Human Rights Criminals in Post-Pinochet Chile - Couverture rigide

Miralles, Pascale Bonnefoy

 
9781469670157: The Investigative Brigade: Hunting Human Rights Criminals in Post-Pinochet Chile
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ISBN 10 : 1469670151 ISBN 13 : 9781469670157
Editeur : The University of North Carolina Press, 2022

Synopsis

During the seventeen-year Pinochet dictatorship, more than three thousand Chileans were murdered or disappeared without a trace. In 1991, a year after the brutal military regime ended, the new civilian government tasked the nation's detective force to investigate these crimes. Chilean journalist Pascale Bonnefoy tells the dramatic story of the detectives who hunted down and attempted to bring human rights violators to account. Led by a tiny group called Department V, the effort took place in the context of a frail transition to democracy and while the force itself was undergoing profound reforms. With Pinochet still in charge of the army, a center-left government tested how far it could go to bring criminals to justice without risking military backlash.

To uncover this story, Bonnefoy gained the trust of detectives assigned to the cases and drew on their direct testimony. She excavated investigative files, witness testimony, and previously secret documents that helped her chronicle the dedicated brigade's dangerous mission. While substantial justice and institutional change took another decade to kick in, the detectives' work made it possible. Still unfolding, the post-Pinochet example is admired by many working for transitional justice around the globe.

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À propos des auteurs

Pascale Bonnefoy Miralles is an investigative journalist based in Santiago, Chile, and associate professor of journalism at the University of Chile, Santiago.

Russ Davidson, a distinguished translator, is curator emeritus of Latin American and Iberian Collections and professor emeritus of librarianship at the University of New Mexico.

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Éditeur
The University of North Carolina Press
Date d'édition
2022
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1469670151
ISBN 13 
9781469670157
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
334
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Personne responsable
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