Chile has launched the first-ever government project to determine the fate of more than a thousand people who disappeared during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet, who grabbed power in a coup 50 years ago.
On Wednesday, the government of leftist Gabriel Boric unveiled a plan - the first-ever such government initiative in Chile - to find out what happened to the remaining 1,162 people listed as disappeared."The only way to build a future that is more free and respectful of life and human dignity is to know the whole truth," the president added.
Today, a mural of his face adorns the street in which she lives, and where she raised her children. It is one of few mementos she has left: soldiers took most of Heredia's belongings when they arrested the Communist Youth member. Miguel Heredia was 23 when he was arrested in December 1973. Today, a mural of his face adorns the street in which his mothere lives, and where she raised her children.Two weeks later she was told he was taken to an army base, where she also tried to visit him, in vain."In the year 2000, some people from I don't know where, told me not to look for my son anymore because they had thrown him into the sea," Vasquez said.