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CIA-RDP81M00980R000400120001-4
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May 21, 2004
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January 1, 1978
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YORK T NEW IMES ? Approved For Release 2004/06/14: CIA-RDP81 M00980R000400120014 QN-LETELItlK WAXES 0001f a LAS M. i'5RRQQ %'.i '. E I i"EL= iiitvis r 371.:.;1. PE : ?LENSi INCLUDING FOUR MEMBERS 'OF A CUBAN NATIONALIST GRLfUPi WERE INDICTED ;UESORY ON CHARGES OF MUROERING 5RLP'iNOO. LET3E.LIERI r? STRONG CRITIC OF THE CHILEAN GOVERNMENT WHO WAS 3y ILLEO IN 1976 WHEN ? ' t 3 C W A S BLOWN UP ON A O'U`:LIC STREET HERE. THE INDICTMENTS BY Ft FEDERAL GRANO JURY CONCLUOEO THE INVESTIGATIVE P i RSE OF ., CFISE THAT HAS S FFYL!? DISRUPTED DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS .C:: 5 3NGcN THE LiNITEO STATES AND ;?riIL_. TAE JURY CH FRGEO 5EN1 j URN 5 RNUEL CONTRER? A SEPU L. "P'[5 UNTIL LAST VS~L~ f('4 OF INTELLIGENCE D Nv WITH ORDERING THE ASSASSINATION OF LETEL ER;? A FORMER CHILEAN DEFENSE MINISTER WHO LIVED IN EXILE HERE AND WAS A LEADER O O ?iE s OPPOSITION TrE MILITARY GOVERNMENT OF CHILE'S PRESIDENTS GEN. RU GUSTO r?IIN ET. - NFMED L Ta L.OL. F IDRO E PI NDZFt ORP7VO FORMER DINE OPERATIONS C IEF3 AND CAPE. 33RMFNOO . ERNFINDEZ LFFIOS AS PRINCIPALS IN CARRYING, C17 i rl PLOT. ..._ GRAN O JURY ALSO BROUGHT MURDER AND CONSPIRACY f L. 70 L>O?1~5(il! S? T t>.L`3~i.JRDGrR MURDER t Lc-E C.r1'iML~ iiLf~F Dian ?v r. -c -r CORRGES AGAINST L3 r"LiItLf ~.EP9': v r.MPOLP RLiet IN Ross ? 1an; VI3?GIILIO PAZ ;. ,....R AND s'OSL fi IONI_IO SL'tREz EspuiVELS FORMER CUBAN CITIZENS WHO NOW LIVE I N NEW d E3? E . THE MEN ARE LEADERS r? MILITANT OF F PS N ( I - L?OMMUNI =;N POLI i i CFL GROUP. 1Y L.F'+R iGED A FIFTH 3.'SiE(N- AMER I CiiN i 'i.. ,.a^!L> O :?i: ._~fi1,_ ri WITH +'? TUt.r. O3'a I { LYING TO ~ ii ~~t1.r S- 5~ Lf Li tNL3 t}'r. :I i. L .E 115 += 70 REPORT 3'3 FELONY. E i :LIER 'i HI=T S V. i OWNLEY?; AN RMERICRN WHO `rind LIVED IN C TILE FOR MORE THEN TED DECROES.' WAS CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH THE ? ? 4 ~4 f MURDER. L6 i W HE AND .i Gi4FtC 1 O I O+j O PRE REPORTED 3 70 SE CO;. ~ E rRii`iiM(~ 1 WITH R ?3t "'r5IL._ i'~i;;w'f Si+.}i HOR37.iE AND ARE 1N CUSTODY. S e?C )N 1 3 L-L S F F i Ey k I LL SEEK THE EX i RiAOI 5 ION OF CONTRER;tS AND THE TWO, OTHER CMI EFt S { THE DEPARTMENT O F aF S TI CE ST3I D. CONTRERAS 1S REPORTEDLY F4 CLOSE CONFIDANT OF PRESIDENT s rT SEVERAL 1~VO ~L'iL3 7 Ft Tit ~+ U.S. GOVERNMENT SOURCES SUGGESTED THAT CHILE MIGHT REFUSE TO DELI VLR HIM TO 70E 1MERICaN GOVERNMENT. Approved For Release 2004/06/14: CIA-RDP81M00980R000400120001-4 Approved For Release 0A/0'6/1Y`CTADT8M40R000400120001-4 THE SOi E: THAT KILLED LETELIER SEPT. 01 197 69 ALSO CAUSED THE DEATH OF i DNs?i'i1 f :fi i~n .irrsTii LE-l s" u;i~itiTE Lscii r RESEARCH 1~S1I3 ~li~Ti AND WOUNDED HER siUSBAND MICHAEL !MOF r?x i-r.rFrI T t ? sN R 'aELE_fHOME IN ERVxIEW s?1LirF1TT5 SPEAKING FOR HIMSELF AND ..SAS L LETELICR.3 THE MURDERED MA i? 5 W1000 SAID THAT THE INDICTMENT SHOWED THE "UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT i;A_ REACHED THE CONCLUSION THAT WE HAVE NEitE., STRAYED FROM: WE SAID THAT FROM DAY ONE !HAi.1HLr i INOCH r GOVERNMENT WAS fiGrr9.+;!i S: aLCs WILL CONTINUE TO PRESS THE INVESTIGATION UNTIL THE CHILEAN GOVERNMENT RESPONDS T O THE REQUEST FOR EXTRADITION OF THE RRMY OFFICEi.S9 BUT WE ARE PLEASED WITH THE SOS THAT THE FEDERAL. BUREAU OF .iisi'iES71GATION HAS DONE SO FAR. THEY OPERATED IN THE FACE OF OOM STIC AND FOREIGN OPPOSITION AND ZNTERFERENCEW WE RODEO. i a s VA ~ AND i ~ WITH THE EXCEPTION OF IGNACIs, iO x AND ~iOWNLE13 ALL THE E SUSP_E xC_ T_ FACE FOUR SEPARATE CHARGES THAT COULD CARRY LIFE IMPRISONMENT SENTENCES. 6U LLCRMO i DV ? SGMA iP_ SROi'ER? WAS ALSO CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF GIVING FALSE STATEMENTS TO A GRAND JURY WHICH COULD '