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Chilean Indicted in Filmmakerâs Slaying
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - A retired security officer has been indicted in the slaying of an American filmmaker whose execution in the early days of Gen. Augusto Pinochetâs dictatorship became the basis of the film "Missing."Rafael Gonzalez, 64, is the first person formally charged in the 1973 killing of Charles Horman. He was arrested Wednesday on the orders of Judge Jorge Zepeda. The judge is handling a criminal suit filed by Hormanâs widow, Joyce Horman. Other indictments are expected to follow, said her lawyer, Sergio Corvalan. According to court papers, Horman was arrested on Sept. 17, 1973, two weeks after the bloody coup led by Pinochet. He was taken to Santiagoâs main soccer stadium, which had been turned into a detention camp for Pinochetâs suspected political opponents. His body turned up months later at a location that has not been disclosed for legal reasons. However Corvalan said Horman was not one of those killed at the stadium. An official report by the civilian government that succeeded Pinochet in 1990 stated that hundreds were detained and tortured at the stadium and at least 48 were executed, including several foreigners. The Horman case was the subject of the 1982 film "Missing," directed by Constantine Costa-Gavras and starring Jack Lemmon and Sissy Spacek. Horman was an idealistic, addled leftie who should have been home doing something pointless and stupid. But I donât want any American in the world whacked by another government for any reason. Gives others bad ideas, it does. Posted by: Steve White 2003-12-12 |
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