Hundreds arrested in Chilean coup anniversary protests

[Judi Lynn]

Hundreds arrested in Chilean coup anniversary protests
Sep 12, 2011, 13:48 GMT

Santiago - Some 280 people were arrested in Chile in protests to mark the aniversary of the September 11, 1973 military coup, the authorities said Monday.

One 15-year-old girl suffered a bullet wound, while four other civilians and 40 police officers were also injured in Sunday's protests.

'There were more than 350 places with barricades and blocked streets, and 130,000 homes suffered power cuts,' said Deputy Interior Minister Rodrigo Ubilla.

The 1973 coup headed by general Augusto Pinochet ousted socialist president Salvador Allende and led to a 17-year dictatorship which is believed to have killed 3,000 people according to official reports. The bodies of many of the presumed dead were never found, while around 30,000 further Chileans were tortured in the dictatorship.

http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/americas/news/article_1662448.php/Hundreds-arrested-in-Chilean-coup-anniversary-protests

[joshcryer]

1. AJE has video of the protests on 9/11:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9h8deIN-OoU