'Justice being served': ex-soldier's extradition signals hope for reckoning of Pinochet-era crimes

Pedro Barrientos touched down in Santiago on Friday to face trial for the execution of folk singer Víctor Jara in 1973 One of the most emblematic human rights cases of Gen Augusto Pinochet's bloody dictatorship is inching towards a conclusion, with the extradition from the US of a former soldier charged with the kidnapping and murder of folk singer Víctor Jara. Late on Friday afternoon, a plane from Miami landed in Santiago with Pedro Barrientos aboard. Accompanied by a Chilean police escort, ...