Pedro barrientos nunez chile

          A Chilean national who's been wanted in that country in the killing of leftist singer-songwriter Victor Jara 50 years ago is now in custody.

        1. Justicia identificó a los 2 presuntos autores del crimen de Víctor Jara.
        2. A Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Space Coast investigation led to the removal of Pedro Paulo Barrientos Nunez, a denaturalized US citizen, to his home.
        3. Pedro Pablo Barrientos Núñez was a Lieutenant in the Tejas Verdes regiment of the Chilean Army at the time of the coup d'etat led by General Augusto Pinochet.
        4. HSI Tampa's Space Coast office apprehended a Chilean national wanted in connection with his involvement in torture and extrajudicial killings.

          5. A Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Space Coast investigation led to the removal of Pedro Paulo Barrientos Nunez, a denaturalized US citizen, to his home.!

          Foley Hoag Helps Victor Jara Family as it Seeks the Extradition of Former Pinochet Lieutenant to Chile to Face Justice

          Foley Hoag LLP, together with the Center for Justice & Accountability (CJA), assisted Joan Jara, widow of the late-Víctor Jara, and his daughters, Amanda and Manuela, in developing the key evidence that the U.S.

          government used to strip Lieutenant Pedro Pablo Barrientos Núñez, a military officer serving under Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship in Chile, of his U.S. citizenship. In a civil action brought by the Jara family, Barrientos was found by a U.S.

          jury to be responsible for the torture and extrajudicial killing of the late folk musician and political activist, Victor Jara, 50 years ago. 

          On July 14, , the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida issued an order granting the motion for judgment on the U.S.

          Department of Justice’s complaint seeking the denaturalization of Barrientos.

          The case stems from the torture and execu