Chilean economist, politician and diplomat (1932–1976)
This article is about the life of Marcos Orlando Letelier del Solar. For his assassination, see Letelier case.
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Letelier and the second or maternal family name is del Solar.
Orlando Letelier
Letelier in 1976
Minister of National Defense of Chile
In office 23 August 1973 – 11 September 1973
President
Salvador Allende
Preceded by
Carlos Prats
Succeeded by
Patricio Carvajal
Personal details
Born
Sergio Orlando Letelier del Solar
(1932-04-13)13 April 1932 Temuco, Chile
Died
21 September 1976(1976-09-21) (aged 44) Washington, D.C., United States
Cause of death
Car bomb
Known for
Letelier case
Signature
Marcos Orlando Letelier del Solar (13 April 1932 – 21 September 1976)[1] was a Chilean economist, politician and diplomat during the presidency of Salvador Allende. A refugee from the military dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet, Letelier accepted several academic positions in Washington, D.C. following his exile from Chile. In 1976, agents of Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional (DINA), the Pinochet regime's secret police, assassinated Letelier in Washington via the use of a car bomb. These agents had been working in collaboration with members of the Coordination of United Revolutionary Organizations, an anti-Castro militant group.[2]
^"2,500 Honor Murdered Chilean". The New York Times. 27 September 1976. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
^Lettieri, Mike (1 June 2007). "Posada Carriles, Bush's Child of Scorn". Washington Report on the Hemisphere. 27 (7/8).
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