Pedro Barrientos, 74, was charged in the kidnapping, torture and killing of the popular folk singer Víctor Jara days after the 1973 military coup that deposed President Salvador Allende. By Pascale ...

MIAMI - A Chilean national who's been wanted in that country in the killing of singer-songwriter Victor Jara 50 years ago is now in custody in Florida, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement said.

Barrientos, a former military officer, was charged by a Chilean judge in 2012 in the brutal 1973 killing of Jara. “Barrientos will now have to answer the charges he’s faced with in Chile for his ...

Pedro Barrientos, 74, is accused of killing the popular singer Victor Jara in 1973. In a civil case, Mr. Barrientos was accused of bragging about shooting Mr. Jara. By Orlando Mayorquin A former ...

For 50 years Joan Jara sought justice for her husband murdered during a coup in Chile in 1973. On Sunday, the 96-year-old woman, a one-time British dancer who became the wife of Chilean folk singer ...