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	Death (Harpers.org)
		Sixteen garment workers were crushed to death in a stampede in Bangladesh that was caused by a faulty fire alarm; the gates on the factory's eight floors had been locked to prevent workers from leaving.
		Arafat said that he wished for a martyr's death and was for a time reduced to a single candle for light as he listened to the muffled Hebrew of his captors through the walls.
		A judge in Manhattan ruled that the federal death penalty is unconstitutional; the judge wrote that the number of exonerations due to DNA evidence demonstrated that there is an “undue risk of executing innocent people” and that capital punishment thus violates the constitutional right to due process.
	www.harpers.org /Death.html (4167 words)

	Caravan of Death - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Generals Sergio Arellano Stark and Augusto Pinochet a few hours before the departure of the Caravan of Death (September 1973)
		The Caravan of Death was a Chilean Army squad that, following the Chilean coup of 1973, flew by helicopter from south to north of Chile between September 30 and October 22, 1973.
		In June 1999, Judge Juan Guzmán Tapia ordered the arrest of five retired military officers for their part in the Caravan of Death.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Caravan_of_Death (243 words)

	Death squad history - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In Haiti, the paramilitary death squad SIN was organized in the 1980's to use military force against narcotics smugglers, it became used as a death squad for political goals.
		Death squads in Mexico are traditionally led by some supporters of the elite against some members of the non-elite.
		In 1917 a death squad committed an execution in Chalchihuites [17] and by the late 1920's death squads were used by the authorities in a civil conflict.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Death_squad_history (3729 words)

	Chile's "Caravan of Death" creates problems for ruling elite
		The most prominent case, known as the "Caravan of Death," concerns a notorious Army squad that roamed the country in the wake of the coup.
		The death squadron then killed another 68 prisoners in the northern provinces of Chile in mid-October 1973—15 in La Serena, 13 in Copiapo, 14 in Antofagasta and 26 in Calama.
		He rejected the death certificates presented by the defence and on June 8 ordered the detention of five Army officers, holding them accountable for the 19 missing bodies.
	www.wsws.org /articles/1999/sep1999/chil-s29.shtml (1486 words)

	Chilean court clears path to try Pinochet over Caravan of Death (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Caravan of Death refers to an operation carried out by members of the Chilean military in 1973.
		The death squad flew by helicopter up the Chilean coast, committing summary executions of an estimated 75 political prisoners, several of whom remain missing.
		Neither was included in the original 2001 court decision on the Caravan of Death, and their fates only came to light after the courts revoked the suspension of Pinochet\'s legal immunity.
	news.monstersandcritics.com /southamerica/printer_1181922.php (335 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Programmes \| Correspondent \| Caravan of Death
		In November 2000 I returned to Chile to retrace the route of the Caravan of Death, the subject of our film and the basis of the case against Pinochet, talking to the families of the victims, most still crippled by grief, 27 years later.
		Whatever the outcome of the case, he has demonstrated that the era in which the wearing of a uniform was the best defence against the law is over.
		Caravan of Death: 1900 GMT Saturday 27January 2001 on BBC 2.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/programmes/correspondent/1124506.stm (729 words)

	Al Jazeera English - Archive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The "Caravan of Death" was a military squad which travelled around the country killing dozens of people after the coup to eliminate opponents of the new regime.
		Six years ago, relatives of the dead and missing successfully had Pinochet, 90, charged in the "Caravan of Death" murders of 75 people after convincing the court to remove his immunity in that case.
		However, in July 2002 the supreme court halted the proceedings on the basis that the aged former dictator suffered from dementia and was not fit to stand trial.
	english.aljazeera.net /NR/exeres/AC925C90-F723-4CA0-80F2-D6260212463E.htm (345 words)

	Memoria y Justicia - In Focus-Caravan of Death
		In the years following the bloody campaign of the Caravan of Death, the silence they all maintained regarding these events also proved them to be men trustworthy and loyal to their maximum leader Augusto Pinochet.
		This was one of the factors that made possible the achievements gains in the Caravan of Death case.
		The decision to deprive Pinochet of immunity and the developments in the Caravan of Death case were not concessions from the government.
	www.memoriayjusticia.cl /english/en_focus-caravan.html (2982 words)

	Print news - IPS Inter Press Service
		In 2001, a lower court ruled that Pinochet was unfit to stand trial, in a case involving the "Caravan of Death", a special army mission that the then army chief created to "expedite" the "trials" and executions of political prisoners around the country shortly after the coup.
		The indictment by Judge Juan Guzmán, who is also handling the "Caravan of Death" case, was celebrated by activists with the AFDD and other human rights groups, as well as leaders of the Communist, Socialist and For Democracy parties, and former members of the Movement of the Revolutionary Left (MIR).
		Based on that diagnosis, the Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling that the former de facto ruler was not fit to stand trial in the Caravan of Death case heard by Guzmán, involving 57 homicides and 18 "kidnappings" (disappearances) of political prisoners in October 1973.
	www.ipsnews.net /print.asp?idnews=26661 (1106 words)

	Bay Area Family Wins Historic Verdict in Trial against Pinochet Operative for Role in 1973 Killing during ...
		The civil jury found Armando Fernandez Larios, in his role as a member of the "Caravan of Death" - a military squad acting under orders from Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet - liable for torture, crimes against humanity, and extra judicial killing.
		The jury found Fernandez liable - as a member of the Caravan - for conspiring to commit, and aiding and abetting in, the torture, cruel and inhumane treatment, and extra-judicial killing of Mr.
		The "Caravan of Death" traveled through Chile by helicopter to different towns within weeks after the 1973 Pinochet-led coup d'etat ordering the deaths of political prisoners detained by Pinochet's military junta.
	www.globalpolicy.org /intljustice/wanted/2003/1015caravan.htm (638 words)

	Pinochet stripped of legal immunity - Boston.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Wednesday's ruling reopened one of the most notorious human rights cases involving Pinochet's dictatorship -- the so-called Caravan of Death, in which 75 jailed dissidents were killed by a military party that toured the country in a helicopter in the weeks immediately after the coup.
		The Caravan of Death case had been closed and all charges against Pinochet dropped on health grounds.
		The Caravan of Death prompted the first attempt to try Pinochet.
	www.boston.com /news/world/latinamerica/articles/2006/01/11/pinochet_stripped_of_legal_immunity (571 words)

	Guardian \| Pinochet's caravan comes back to haunt him
		When General Pinochet despatched General Aurellano Starck in October 1973 on the operation that became known as the Caravan of Death, he cannot have imagined that the orders he gave would come back to haunt him more than a quarter of a century later.
		He was an ideal man, therefore, to entrust with the Caravan of Death and had no scruples about ordering the 17-year-old to be murdered, along with 25 others.
		Mrs Gonzalez argued in 1986 that the crime of abduction is expressly excluded from the amnesty law because, until the victim or his remains are found, the crime is ongoing.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,4049787-103677,00.html (1137 words)

	Online NewsHour: Politics in Chile
		[The "caravan of death" is a series of alleged kidnappings in October and November 1973 that led to the deaths of over 70 political prisoners.
		Secondly, the judiciary have said that the people who were killed and then buried in secrecy after the caravan of death passed through a particular town, city … should be considered still abducted....
		And for the death to be dated they have to either find the remains or acknowledge their crimes fully.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/latin_america/chile/zalaquett1.html (1675 words)

	The Center for Justice and Accountability \| Cases
		A Miami jury found Fernandez, in his role as a member of the “Caravan of Death”, liable for torture, crimes against humanity, and extra judicial killing.
		Caravan of Death”, a military squad acting under orders from Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, traveled through Chile by helocopter to different towns within weeks after the 1973 Pinochet-led coup d’etat ordering the deaths of political prisoners detained by Pinochet’s military junta.
		Pinochet was being sought for having ordered the deaths that took place during the Caravan of Death.
	www.cja.org /cases/cabello.shtml (686 words)

	Fulton Country Historical Society, Inc., Rochester, Indiana Updates
		Quincy, Ill. - New historical marker dedicated by Trail of Death Commemorative Caravan in Quinsippi Island Park by the Mississippi River as a memorial to all the Indian removals.
		The Trail of Death Commemorative Caravan traveled Sept. 22-28, 2003, retracing the route taken by the Potawatomi in the fall of 1838.
		The Jacksonville High School band serenaded the caravan at the town square as the town band did in 1838.
	www.icss.net /~fchs/update7.htm (996 words)

	Saga Caravan Insurance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		As one of the leading touring caravan insurance providers in the market, Saga has been looking after its customers for 55 years whilst continuing to grow and develop its products to meet the changing needs of its customers.
		Saga Caravan Insurance offers two levels of cover, Gold and Silver, both have been specifically designed to provide high levels of cover whilst giving you the flexibility to tailor your policy to your specific requirements.
		For example, our Gold level includes 'new for old' cover for caravans up to 12 years old, as long as they are insured with us within 5 years of manufacture.
	www.saga.co.uk /finance/caravaninsurance (269 words)

	Marching to the Arch on the Trail of Death
		Metcalf was found in a cell, "thrown to the floor, kicked almost to death and was then thrown through a window into the heart of the howling mob in the street," according to a story in The Champaign Daily Gazette.
		The caravan begins today in Rochester, Ind., and ends Sunday in Osawatomie, Kan. At least 17 people plan to travel the entire route with another eight participating in a portion of the caravan which highlights 48 camp sites, roughly 15-20 miles apart, used during the Trail of Death march.
		With the caravan participants aging, "this is probably the last of the caravans," Willard said.
	www.walkinginplace.org /march/text/06_01_death.htm (5025 words)

	Remember-Chile - Inside the dictatorship - Colonel Benavente on Captain Antonio Palomo Contreras
		Arellano Stark's delegation, known as the Caravan of Death, illegally executed 72 political prisoners in October of 1973, a deed that heralded the sinister character of the newly born regime.
		He was also one of the pilots of the Caravan of Death, and told Benavente that he participated in the "disappearances and killings" of prisoners in Santiago's Tacna Regiment and was in charge of the secret disposal of the bodies.
		The deaths were illegal, since Pinochet could not have delegated the function of executing people to Arellano-Stark.
	www.remember-chile.org.uk /inside/benavente.htm (1227 words)

	Worldandnation: 27 years later, Chile's Caravan of Death touches U.S.
		Key to the efforts to prosecute Pinochet are the victims of the Caravan of Death.
		The death squad was allegedly headed by Gen. Sergio Arellano Stark, an army officer who claims he was acting on Pinochet's instructions.
		Instead, the Caravan of Death case rests on 19 bodies that were never found.
	www.sptimes.com /News/031300/news_pf/Worldandnation/27_years_later__Chile.shtml (1599 words)

	americas.org - Operation Condor, Caravan of Death, Operation Colombo . . . Any others? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Caravan of Death involved military and police operations to kidnap, torture and murder opponents of the Pinochet dictatorship.
		Pinochet also faces charges relating to his alleged involvement in and is being investigated for having about $8 million in a secret account in the Riggs bank in the United States.
		Human rights activists protested that the artificial time limit was unjustified because the truth has been concealed and prosecutions thwarted for decades.
	www.americas.org /item_18393 (223 words)

	UK parliamentary debate - includes several references to Father Michael Woodward's case and human rights ...
		The caravan of death went from town to town with groups of officers picking up anyone who was thought to be part of the Allende Government, who was then either summarily executed, or taken away for torture and later executed.
		It should be remembered that, throughout the time of the caravan of death and all its horrors, many people in Chile bravely stood up and campaigned for human rights to defend others from being imprisoned and tortured.
		The commander of the army's division in the northern region of Antofagasta where the caravan of death took place gave a surprise TV interview on 25 January, firmly blaming Pinochet for the military regime's human rights violations.
	www.chile-esmeralda.com /Michael_woodward/miguel_woodwar9.htm (7247 words)

	Memoria y Justicia - Listing of Cases (continued)
		Complaint for death of Benito de los Santos Tapia Tapia in Copiapo, a victim of the Caravan of Death.
		Complaint for 119 disappeared persons, a case known as Operation Colombo which their deaths were orchestrated and publicized in Argentine and Brazilian press as the consequence of alleged confrontations of the left.
		Two new cases filed: for death of Pedro Emilio Perez Flores and Jaime Segundo Palleras Calderon in Copiapo, by the Caravan of Death.
	www.memoriayjusticia.cl /english/en_list2.html (741 words)

	Chile Information Project -- "Santiago Times" -- Political, Environment, Human Rights, Economic News; July 6, 1999
		The Caravan of Death was a military operation reportedly ratified by Pinochet in the aftermath of the 1973 coup and led by Gen.
		"The Caravan of Death was designed to annihilate the PS," he said, adding the delay in lodging the charges was due to the lengthy process of collating evidence, including the recent revelations that the military delegation traveled to the south of Chile and not just the north, as previously thought.
		The Caravan of Death case led by Judge Guzman will now enter a critical phase as the defendants' lawyers are expected to appeal Monday's decision before the Supreme Court.
	ssdc.ucsd.edu /news/chip/h99/chip.19990706.html (4131 words)

	Winston Cabello
		The Cabello family and friends have established this Fellowship to honor the memory of Winston Dwight Cabello, a victim of the Caravan of Death during the 1973 military coup in Chile.
		The jury found Fernandez liable as a member of the Caravan for conspiring to commit, and aiding and abetting in, the torture, cruel and inhumane treatment, and extra-judicial killing of Mr.
		The Caravan of Death traveled through Chile by helicopter to different towns within weeks after the 1973 Pinochet-led coup etat ordering the deaths of political prisoners detained by Pinochet's military junta.
	www.winstoncabello.org (2012 words)

	CNN.com - Family accuses Chilean of death squad killing - Oct. 10, 2003
		Fernandez, now a Miami auto body shop manager, is defending himself in a lawsuit accusing him of being a member of the Caravan of Death, a mobile killing squad that executed 75 political prisoners in the weeks after Gen. Augusto Pinochet seized power.
		The case, unfolding in federal court in Miami, is the first trial in the United States stemming from the 30-year-old killings.
		Fernandez, who has lived in Miami since 1988, admits being in the death squad's helicopter as it flew around the countryside, but says he did not know about the killings until afterward.
	www.cnn.com /2003/WORLD/americas/10/10/chilean.death.ap/index.html (782 words)

	Print news - IPS Inter Press Service
		Fernández Larios formed part of the ''caravan of death'', an army squad that visited several Chilean cities by helicopter in the weeks following the coup, and summarily executed 72 political prisoners.
		Cabello, a 28-year-old regional planning director for the leftist government toppled by Pinochet, lived in Copiapó, 800 kms north of Santiago, where he was killed by the ''caravan of death''.
		The investigation of the ''caravan of death'', launched in 1998 by Judge Juan Guzmán, made it possible to prosecute former dictator Pinochet.
	www.ipsnews.net /print.asp?idnews=20481 (1164 words)

	Pinochet to stand trial in Chile
		The husband of Carmen Hertz was among those abducted and disappeared by the Caravan while he worked as head of a radio station in one of Chile's largest copper mining regions.
		The commanding officer of the Caravan, General Arellano Stark, told Lagos that "he was in charge", that he "was the official designed to intervene and undertake any necessary actions".
		Persecuted by the large land owners and the army in the months after the coup, the Mapuches are charging Pinochet with the deaths of 93 members of their community, asserting that Pinochet is guilty of "genocide against the Mapuche nation".
	www.redress.btinternet.co.uk /pinochet3.htm (778 words)

	The Center for Justice and Accountability \| About CJA
		The court agreed that all acts of the Caravan are admissible, but ruled that the actual names of the victims (other than Winston Cabello) should not be used in opening statements.
		Her training includes seven years of premedical studies, for which she received a clinical physician degree; three years studying for her specialty degree in clinical pathology; four years working as a clinical pathologist in a hospital; and another four years working as a forensic pathologist and medical examiner.
		She continued that testimony today, stating the causes of death of the remaining victims included cranial and facial trauma, wounds to the legs and arms, damage to soft tissue, and thoracic and spinal trauma.
	www.cja.org /trial.shtml (15819 words)

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