Former Pinochet agents convicted over 1976 Washington DC carbomb murder (opens original article in a new tab)

A Chilean court has sentenced three former Dina agents to 15 years in prison for their roles in the 1976 Washington DC car bomb attack that killed former Chilean minister Orlando Letelier and his colleague Ronni Karpen Moffitt.

• A Chilean court convicted three men for the 1976 Washington DC car bomb attack that killed Orlando Letelier and Ronni Karpen Moffitt.
• The convicted men were former agents of Pinochet's secret police, Dina, and received 15-year prison sentences.
• The attack, carried out by Dina agents, led to strained US-Chile relations and a US arms embargo on Chile.