Chile police chief was CIA informer

Washington - The former secret police chief in General Augusto Pinochet's regime in Chile, Mr Manuel Contreras, who organised…

Washington - The former secret police chief in General Augusto Pinochet's regime in Chile, Mr Manuel Contreras, who organised the 1976 killing of then Chilean foreign minister Mr Orlando Letelier in Washington, was a CIA informant, according to a report yesterday.

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