A Modicum of Justice for Ronni Karpen Moffitt
Fifty years after the 1976 car bomb assassination of former Chilean ambassador Orlando Letelier and his colleague Ronni Karpen Moffitt in Washington, DC, a Chilean judge has finalized a 15-year judicial effort to bring accountability for Moffitt's death. The article details how Moffitt, a 25-year-old Institute for Policy Studies employee, was killed by shrapnel from a bomb planted by agents of the Chilean secret police (DINA) under orders from General Augusto Pinochet. While Letelier was the intended target, the judge's action recognizes Moffitt as a direct victim of Pinochet's repression rather than collateral damage. The FBI investigation identified DINA operatives Michael Townley and Armando Fernandez Larios as suspects, and a CIA review concluded Pinochet personally ordered the murder and then obstructed justice. The annual memorial gathering at Sheridan Circle in Washington this September will mark both the 50th anniversary and this long-awaited judicial step.
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