Chile's DINA & Augusto Pinochet

It's said that there were three sources of power in Chile: God, Pinochet, and DINA. The DINA was Chile's secret police from 1973 to 1977 in the early years of the Pinochet dictatorship. They were often compared to the Gestapo or the KGB by American intelligence. 

La Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional (DINA) was the regime’s iron fist that kidnapped, brutalized, butchered, and disappeared thousands of people inside Chile. Under the guidance of director Manuel Contreras, the DINA also launched terror campaigns in the United States, Europe, and Chile’s neighbors. DINA answered to Pinochet only and in many ways superseded the armed forces.

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Music:

Scorching Action by Jonathan Margrove

Blood Kiss by Hainbach - Topics

Kalahari Wind by Humans Win

Cinematic Ambient Orchestral Drama Trailer by MEDIA MUSIC GROUP

Dramatic Investigation by Jon Presstone

Andante Sostenuto piano solo classical by Raighes Factory

Tension in the Dark by Jon Presstone 

Gnosienne by Eric Satie performed by Neil Cross and Raighes Factory

Bones - Quirky and mysterious plucked strings. Murder mystery and gothic mood by Gerardo Garcia Jr

Shake It and Break It (Weary Blues) by Humans Win

Old Money Old Problems by MEDIA MUSIC GROUP

 

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Disclaimers: scenes are dramatizations and probably didn’t actually happen in that way. For example, Pinochet was not at La Moneda during the coup. The opening scene is not a real scenario involving Carter Cornick.