I was fascinated to hear about the civil disarray that happened in Chile during the Pinochet regime and while doing some basic research stumbled upon a group called the Caravan of Death. The Caravan of Death was a Chilean Army death squad that was formed by the order of Augusto Pinochet following the Chilean coup of 1973. Since the moment that Pinochet assumed power it was his goal to instill a sense of fear in the Chilean population and this group did just that. The death squad targeted the leaders of the PU terminating them in any way possible. The group had three main purposes:
- Silence dissent through murder
- Weed out military officials who were not aligned with Pinochet’s regime
- Establish fear within leadership ranks