Dossier
New Chilean Song
Coverage of New Chilean Song in the Nexus archive.
- A fugitive colonel is finally jailed in Chilean Víctor Jara’s murder case, decades after the crime
A retired military colonel convicted in the 1973 murder of Chilean singer-songwriter Víctor Jara was arrested after evading justice for three years. The colonel, Nelson Haase Mazzei, was sentenced to 25 years in prison for the crime, but the victim’s family expressed mixed reactions, acknowledging the arrest while questioning its significance as justice.
- A fugitive colonel is finally jailed in Chilean Víctor Jara's murder case, decades after the crime
A retired military colonel, Nelson Haase Mazzei, was arrested in Chile after being a fugitive for three years following his conviction for the 1973 murder of singer Víctor Jara during the Pinochet dictatorship. The arrest occurred decades after the crime, but Jara's family expressed dissatisfaction with the delayed justice.