Chile captures fugitive convicted of murdering folk singer Victor Jara in 1973

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Chilean authorities have apprehended Nelson Haase, a fugitive convicted in connection with the kidnapping and murder of renowned folk singer Victor Jara. The killing took place in the aftermath of Chile's military coup in 1973, during the brutal regime of General Augusto Pinochet. Jara was a celebrated musician and political activist whose death became a symbol of the repression that followed the coup. Haase had been evading justice before his recent capture by Chilean authorities.

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