Manuel Contreras

Manuel Contreras

Juan Manuel Guillermo Contreras SepĂșlveda (born May 4, 1929) is a Chilean military officer and the former head of DINA, Chile's secret police during the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet. As head of DINA he was the most powerful and feared man in the country, after Pinochet. He is currently serving 25 sentences totaling 289 years in prison for kidnapping, forced disappearance and assassination.

Read more about Manuel Contreras:  Operation Condor, Prison Sentences and Court Investigations

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