Chilean police scatter protesters; 240 detained before ‘Day of the Young Combatant’ - International Herald Tribune

Police on Friday used tear gas and water cannons to scatter 300 demonstrators who marched toward the government palace Friday to remember the killing of two brothers under the Pinochet dictatorship.

Authorities detained 240 protesters but expected to release most after confirming their identities, Police Col. Jorge Constanzo said.

The protest was organized on the eve of the “Day of the Young Combatant,” an annual commemoration of the police killings of young leftist brothers Rafael and Eduardo Vergara on March 29, 1985. The late Gen. Augusto Pinochet ruled the country from 1973-1990.”*

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