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Retired Colonel Mazzei Captured, Jara Murder Sentence Enforced

7/27/2026

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Police captured retired colonel Nelson Haase Mazzei in Puyehue, prompting a judge to order his imprisonment.
He fled after a 25-year sentence was handed down in August 2023 for Victor Jara’s murder and kidnapping.
His lawyers seek his transfer from Osorno prison to Punta Peuco, the Pinochet-era jail.
General Hernán Chacón, a convicted Pinochet-era officer, died by suicide in 2023, leaving five other men incarcerated.

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Police captured retired colonel Nelson Haase Mazzei in Puyehue, prompting a judge to order his imprisonment.
He fled after a 25-year sentence was handed down in August 2023 for Victor Jara’s murder and kidnapping.
His lawyers seek his transfer from Osorno prison to Punta Peuco, the Pinochet-era jail.
General Hernán Chacón, a convicted Pinochet-era officer, died by suicide in 2023, leaving five other men incarcerated.