In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Prats and the second or maternal family name is González.
Carlos Prats
Commander-in-chief of the Chilean Army
In office October 27, 1970 – August 23, 1973
President
Salvador Allende
Preceded by
René Schneider
Succeeded by
Augusto Pinochet
Chilean Minister of the Interior
In office November 2, 1972 – March 27, 1973
President
Salvador Allende
Preceded by
Jaime Suárez
Succeeded by
Gerardo Espinoza Carrillo
Chilean Minister of National Defense
In office August 9, 1973 – August 23, 1973
President
Salvador Allende
Preceded by
Clodomiro Almeyda
Succeeded by
Orlando Letelier
Personal details
Born
(1915-02-24)February 24, 1915 Talcahuano, Chile
Died
September 30, 1974(1974-09-30) (aged 59) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Manner of death
Assassination (car bomb)
Political party
Independent
Spouse
Sofía Cuthbert
(m. 1944–1974)
- died with her husband
Children
Sofía Angélica Cecilia
Profession
Military officer
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Carlos Prats González (Spanish:[ˈkaɾlosˈpɾats]; February 24, 1915 – September 30, 1974) was a Chilean Army officer and politician. He served as a minister in Salvador Allende's government while Commander-in-chief of the Chilean Army. Immediately after General Augusto Pinochet's September 11, 1973 coup, Prats went into voluntary exile in Argentina. The following year, he and his wife, Sofía Cuthbert, were assassinated in Buenos Aires by a car bomb planted by the Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional.
CarlosPrats González (Spanish: [ˈkaɾlos ˈpɾats]; February 24, 1915 – September 30, 1974) was a Chilean Army officer and politician. He served as a minister...
after the 1973 coup, Prats went into exile in Argentina. DINA chief Manuel Contreras tasked Townley with the assassination of Prats. Townley spent three...
as prominent union leader Marcelo Santuray in Argentina or journalist CarlosPrats in Chile. One particularly awful tactic involved 'death flights,' where...
Academy in Las Condes. During this ceremony, Francisco Cuadrado Prats—the grandson of CarlosPrats (a former Commander-in-Chief of the Army in the Allende government...
DINA agent Michael Townley were directly involved in Chilean General CarlosPrats' assassination in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Mariano Rumor (in an interview...
commander-in-chief CarlosPrats successfully put down the coup within hours. Souper and most of the soldiers involved in the coup surrendered to Prats while some...
General CarlosPrats, who served as the Minister of the Interior and commander-in-chief of the Chilean Army. During a traffic dispute in Santiago, Prats fired...
August, President Allende appointed General CarlosPrats as Minister of Defence. On 24 August 1973, General Prats was forced to resign both as defense minister...
participated in several terrorist attacks, including the murder of General CarlosPrats and his wife, which was perpetrated in 1974 in Buenos Aires. She was...
inaugurated 3 November) named General CarlosPrats as commander in chief of the army in replacement of René Schneider. CarlosPrats was also a constitutionalist...
of immunity from prosecution over the 1974 assassination of General CarlosPrats, his predecessor as Army Commander-in-Chief, who was killed by a car...
Prats may refer to: Prats, Andorra, a village in Andorra Prats, a village in the municipality of Prats i Sansor, Catalonia Prats de Lluçanès, a town in...
Former Chilean General CarlosPrats was killed by a car bomb on September 30, 1974, along with his wife. Freelance terrorist Carlos the Jackal claimed responsibility...
in connection with the assassination of the former Chilean army chief CarlosPrats and his wife, Sofía Cuthbert in Buenos Aires, in 1974. An extradition...
occasions. He also investigated the assassination of Chilean General CarlosPrats in September 1974 in Buenos Aires, receiving testimony from Michael Townley...
threatened again and had to seek refuge in a third country. Chilean General CarlosPrats had already been assassinated by the Chilean DINA in Buenos Aires in...
August 1973 – 11 September 1973 President Salvador Allende Preceded by CarlosPrats Succeeded by Patricio Carvajal Personal details Born Sergio Orlando Letelier...
the assassination of Prats and his wife, who had sought refuge in Argentina following General Pinochet's 1973 coup. General Prats, who had served as the...
the leaders of these movements. Former General and political figure CarlosPrats, who had become a vocal opponent of the Pinochet government, was killed...
Military Student (IMS) graduates attain the rank of general. General CarlosPrats, Commander-in-Chief of the Army, Interior and Defense Minister, Vice...
Juan Prim y Prats, 1st Count of Reus, 1st Marquis of los Castillejos, 1st Viscount of Bruch (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈxwam ˈpɾin i ˈpɾats]; Catalan: Joan...
little more than a year after fleeing into exile in Argentina, General CarlosPrats, the former Commander-in-chief of the Chilean Army during the administration...
investigating Michael Townley, who was facing trial for the killings of General CarlosPrats (Buenos Aires, 1974) and ex-Chancellor Orlando Letelier (Washington,...