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Villa Grimaldi

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Antiguo portón de la Villa Grimaldi
Antiguo portón de la Villa Grimaldi

Villa Grimaldi is considered the most important of DINA's (Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional, the Chilean secret police during the Pinochet regime) many complexes that were used for the interrogation and torture of political prisoners during the governance of Augusto Pinochet. It is located at Avenida José Arrieta 8200 (now 8401) in Peñalolén, on the outskirts of Santiago, and was in operation from mid-1974 to mid-1978. About 4,500 detainees were brought to Villa Grimaldi during this time, at least 240 of whom "disappeared" or were killed by DINA. It was also the location of the headquarters of the Metropolitan Intelligence Brigade (BIM). The head of Villa Grimaldi during the Pinochet dictatorship, Marcelo Moren Brito, was later convicted of crimes against humanity and sentenced to more than 300 years in prison.

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N -33.46375 ° E -70.542638888889 °
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Museo de Sitio y Parque por la Paz Villa Grimaldi

Avenida José Arrieta
7940068 , Peñalolén
Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile
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Corporación Parque por la Paz Villa Grimaldi

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villagrimaldi.cl

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Antiguo portón de la Villa Grimaldi
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