Court in Chile Sentences Former Secret Police over 1976 Assassination in Washington, D.C. [View all]

Jun 29, 2026

Three agents of former U.S.-backed Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet’s secret police have been sentenced to 15 years in prison for their role in the 1976 murder of Ronni Moffitt in Washington, D.C.

On September 21, 1976, Pinochet’s agents planted a car bomb that killed former Chilean Ambassador Orlando Letelier along with his assistant, Ronni Moffitt, a U.S. citizen who worked at the Institute for Policy Studies. The bombing took place on Embassy Row, blocks from the White House.

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