11 Jun 2012
Pinochet
Documental about the Second Independence of Chile. Images and videos from the period before and after September 11th, 1973
Inside Pinochet's Prisons
The horrifying story of what went on inside General Pinochet's secret prisons.
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Joaquín Lagos Osorio Self
Augusto Pinochet Self
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