Bernardo Leighton
Bernardo Leighton Guzman (born on August 16 1909 - died on January 26 1995) was a Chilean Christian Democrat who was targeted by Operation Condor.
According to CIA documents released by National Security Archive, in 1975 in Madrid, Italian terrorist Stefano Delle Chiaie met with DINA agent Michael Townley and Cuban Virgilio Paz Romero to prepare, with the help of Francisco Franco's secret police, the murder of Bernardo Leighton. On October 5 1975 he and his wife were severely injured by gunshots while in exile in Rome.
Leighton case
Related websites
Carta de Eduardo Frei Montalva a Bernardo Leighton May 22, 1975
Carta de Bernardo Leighton a Eduardo Frei Montalva June 26, 1975
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