Chile announces much-anticipated plan to search for Pinochet’s victims

Chilean state finally assumes responsibility for finding those executed and forcibly disappeared under dictatorship

Chile's government has announced its much-anticipated plan to search for the victims of forced disappearance and political execution under Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship, which began with a coup 50 years ago next month.

The plan nacional de busqueda, or national search plan, will seek to establish the circumstances and conditions under which each person was forcibly disappeared, guarantee access to government records and provide reparations and guarantees for victims' families.