80岁的智利退休上校纳尔逊·哈塞·马泽伊在逃亡三年后于本周末被捕[1]。哈塞·马泽伊因1973年军事政变期间谋杀著名民间歌手维克托·哈拉和监狱局长利特雷·基罗加·卡瓦哈尔被判处25年零2天监禁[1]。他曾在2023年被缺席判处25年监禁后逃离，如今的拘捕标志着长达数十年的哈拉谋杀案的司法追捕基本完成[2]。
维克托·哈拉于1973年9月16日在智利体育场遭刑讯逼供后被执行[1]。时年40岁的哈拉被逮捕后与近5000名其他囚犯分开，其遗体上有44处枪伤和多处骨折[1]。1991年国家真相与和解委员会的官方报告将哈拉之死归类为政治处决和严重人权侵犯[1]。
皮诺切特军事独裁统治的17年间（1973-1990）造成了约40000名受害者，其中包括2000多名被处死者和1469名强迫失踪者[1]。2023年8月，包括哈塞·马泽伊在内的7名退休士兵因参与谋杀被判有罪[2]。尽管司法程序的推进，受害人家属表示这不足以称为完全的正义[1]。2024年起，智利启动了国家搜寻计划，旨在统一数据并为搜寻失踪被拘者制定路线图[1]。
Retired Chilean Colonel Nelson Haase Mazzei, 80, was arrested this past weekend after three years on the run, bringing a long-delayed reckoning in the decades-old case of folk singer Víctor Jara's death during the country's military dictatorship [1][2]. Haase Mazzei had been sentenced to 25 years and 2 days in prison for the 1973 kidnapping and murder of Jara and prison director Littré Quiroga Cavahall [1]. He was convicted in 2018 and his sentence was increased in 2023, after which he fled and evaded capture until his recent apprehension in southern Chile [1][2].
Jara was arrested at Chile's National Stadium on September 11, 1973, and executed four days later, shot 44 times and suffering numerous fractures [2]. The musician was 40 years old at the time of his death [1][2]. An official 1991 report from Chile's National Truth and Reconciliation Commission classified Jara's death as a political execution and grave human rights violation [1]. The killing occurred during the military coup that inaugurated General Augusto Pinochet's 17-year dictatorship, which resulted in approximately 40,000 victims overall, including more than 2,000 deaths and 1,469 forced disappearances [1].
Haase Mazzei was one of seven retired soldiers convicted in August 2023 for their roles in the murder [2]. His arrest marks significant progress in holding perpetrators accountable more than five decades after the crime, though victims' families have indicated that such measures fall short of full justice [1]. In 2024, Chile launched a national search plan aimed at consolidating data and mapping routes for locating missing detainees from the dictatorship era [1].