Judge Jorge Zepeda and a team of forensic specialists began excavation at Colonia Dignidad Thursday. The team expects to find the remains of at least 30 political prisoners who were last seen entering the compound (ST, Oct. 12).
Colonia Dignidad was right-wing religious compound founded by German immigrants in 1961 near Parral in southern Chile. Its leaders are suspected of collaborating with former dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet and Chile’s secret police force, the Directorate of National Intelligence (DINA), during the military regime’s 17-year rule.
Judge Zepeda has already discovered several vehicles on the property belonging to people disappeared during the military regime, two large weapons caches, and over 30,000 intelligence profiles collected by DINA.
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