DEATH OF CHILEAN DEFENSE MINISTER BONILLA

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• Document Creation Date: March 9, 2023
• Document Release Date: September 3, 2021
• Case Number: F-2019-02118
• Publication Date: March 3, 1975

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SUBJECT: DEATH OF CHILEAN DEFENSE MINISTER BONILLA
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GENERAL OSCAR BONILLA REPORTEDLY WAS KILLED TODAY IN A
HELICOPTER CRASH. HE WAS A CLOSE CONFIDENT OF PRESIDENT PINOCHET
AND HIS DEATH REMOVES AN INFLUENTIAL VOICE OF MODERATION FROM
THE PRESIDENT'S INNER CIRCLE-
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THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT THE CRASH WAS NOT AN ACCIDENT,
2 BUT THERE UNEOUDTEDLY WILL BE SOME SPECULATION IN SANTIAGO
THAT FOUL PLAY WAS INVOLVED.
GENERAL HECTOR BRAVO NOW BECOMES THE ARMY'S SECOND RANKING
- OFFICER, AND HE MAY INHERIT THE DEFENSE MINISTRY. BRAVO HAS.
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DATE: 3 MARCH 1975
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