‘Missing’ Widow Returns to Chile
The widow of an American whose arrest and slaying in a 1973 military coup inspired the movie “Missing” returned to Chile on Saturday to witness the end of Gen. Augusto Pinochet’s 16-year rule.
Joyce Horman, invited by the elected government that takes power today, told reporters at Santiago’s airport she does not expect the political change to produce any new information about her husband’s death.
Charles Horman, then 29, was among thousands of people arrested when Pinochet seized power in a bloody Sept. 11, 1973, coup. According to the family and testimony collected by human rights groups, Horman was among many suspected dissidents held and executed at Santiago’s National Stadium. The military government has denied the allegations.
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