Chilean Students Set on Fire
In July 1986 soldiers set on fire two students during protests in Chile against the rule of Gen. Augusto Pinochet. One died.Carmen Quintana, who survived, tells what happened.
Seven former soldiers have been arrested in Chile for the burning to death of a student, Rodrigo Rojas, during protests against the rule of Gen. Augusto Pinochet in July 1986. Carmen Quintana, who was with Rojas that day, was also attacked and burnt by the soldiers; but she survived. In 2013 she spoke to Witness about her terrible ordeal.
(Photo: Anti government protests in Chile, April 1987. Credit: JOSE DURAN/AFP/Getty Images)
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