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| |  | | Marcelo Moren Brito | | | context : | Chile  | | judgement place : | Chili | | status : | Sentenced | | particulars : | Convicted several times for forced disappearances, war crimes and torture; last conviction on 11 January 2008 to 10 years | | position : | Army colonel, head of one of the DINA (secret police) brigades |
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| | | | Nicknamed 'El Ronco,' Moren Brito enters the military school in 1962. In 1973, he is promoted major in the Arica Regiment based in La Serena (north of Chile). During the coup of General Pinochet (see “related cases”), he is accused of having killed a student and having his body disposed of in the university heating system furnace.
In 1974, he is recluted by the DINA where he works until 1977. In 1975, he replaces Pedro Espinoza as the head of the Villa Grimaldi torture centre. Despite a reputation for extreme brutality and sadism towards the prisoners, he is promoted head of the DINA Caupolicán Brigade. In 1976, he is sent to Brasil. Promoted to colonel in 1977 and decorated by the Commander in Chief Pinochet he joins the administration of until 1981.
He retires from the administration in 1985.
Later on, he is accused in various cases of human rights violations. | |     click for more... | | Trial Watch would like to remind its users that any person charged by national or international authorities is presumed innocent until proven guilty. | |  |  | | also known as : | | | El Ronco | | | last time seen : | | | Military Prison Penal Cordillera, Chile | | | charges : | | | Forced disappearances
Torture
War crimes | | | profile last modified : | | | 13.01.2008 |
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