Pinochet regime tied to ex-Nazi medic's enclave: leaks

[WorldNews]

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Late Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet's regime had ties to a secretive enclave founded by an ex-Nazi corporal that has been accused of collaborating in human rights abuses, according to a leaked report. The leaked document, an intelligence report by the Chilean national police, renews scrutiny of Colonia Dignidad, a German-speaking outpost in southern Chile founded in 1961 by Paul Schaefer, a former medic in the Nazi German army who fled his home country after being charged with child abuse. The leaked report, published Thursday by Chilean rights group Londres 38, "reveals a close relationship between Colonia Dignidad's leaders and high-ranking figures in (Pinochet's) dictatorship," said the rights group's executive coordinator, Maria Jose Perez.

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