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Hernan Chacon Soto: Retired Chilean Army brigadier takes own life after conviction for 1973 murder of Víctor Jara | International | EL PAÍS English

One of the seven former members of the Chilean military convicted of the torture and assassination of singer-songwriter Víctor Jara, retired brigadier Hernán Chacón Soto, took his own life after the verdict was returned by the Supreme Court, as confirmed to this newspaper by the Ministry of the Interior. Soto, 86, was found dead by the Investigations Police (PDI), as reported by Radio ADN, who arrived at his home to transfer him to prison to serve his sentence: 15 years for aggravated homicide and 10 years for aggravated kidnapping for his part in the murders of Jara and Littré Quiroga, who oversaw the prison system during the socialist government of Salvador Allende. The killings took place a few days after the coup d’état of September 11, 1973… Source: Hernan Chacon Soto: Retired Chilean Army brigadier takes own life after conviction for 1973 murder of Víctor Jara | International | EL PAÍS English

घास की पीड़ा / Agony of Grass

जो रौंदते हैं,रोज सुबह शाममेरे सीने को,उन्हें नज़र नहीं आतेमेरे हरे भरे नाज़ुक बदनपर लगे हरे ज़ख़्म… 🌾🌾🌾🌾🌾🌾 Those who tramplemy chestevery …

घास की पीड़ा / Agony of Grass

Those who trample
my chest
every morning and evening,
don’t see
the green wounds
on my green delicate body…


–Kaushal Kishore