July 27, 2026 / 8:32 AM EDT
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Police have captured a fugitive who was convicted of kidnapping and murdering iconic singer-songwriter Victor Jara in 1973, during Chile's military dictatorship, a Justice Department statement said Sunday.Author of songs such as "El derecho de vivir en paz" (The Right to Live in Peace), Jara was a major figure of New Chilean Song, a musical and social movement of the 1960s. Former military officer Nelson Haase was convicted of the death of Jara, who was tortured and murdered with 44 bullets on September 16, 1973, five days after Augusto Pinochet's coup against then-President Salvador Allende. He was 40 years old. "He was subjected to physical torture, the most severe blows being those he received to his face and hands," according to court documents from 2023.
Undated photo of Victor Jara.
