Video duration 24 minutes 55 seconds
Chile marks 50 years since Augusto Pinochet’s military coup and Luis Cordero Vega discusses his dark legacy.
Augusto Pinochet’s military coup in 1973 was followed by 17 years of systematic human rights violations and the disappearance of some 1,500 Chileans who have never been found.
Relatives say they must find their remains to end their long mourning period. Many of them have died waiting.
As in many countries where armed forces have committed atrocities against civilians, those who know where their victims’ remains have been buried or destroyed are hesitant to cooperate.
But the Chilean government is leading an ambitious plan to achieve justice.
Luis Cordero Vega, Chile’s Minister of Justice and Human Rights, talks to Al Jazeera.