More than a serialized novel, everything season finale of a series this forces a cautious wait for the mysteries to be revealed. international group of experts responsible for determining pablo neruda causes of death forwarded its results to Judge Paola Plaza. However, the report, which was received by the judge by Gloria Ramírez, the coordinator of the expert group, was not disclosed as expected. In Chile only the opinion of the poet’s family resonated, which also reached its content and reassured the author. general song poisoned. As reported, the text containing the appendices, bibliographies and other documents would only become officially known on March 7.
Neruda’s nephew Rodolfo ReyesHe reiterated that, in this context, forensic medicine and DNA experts, who had access to documents as complainants in the case, had reached the conclusion that the family shared. “We now know that ‘clostridium botulinum’ was not supposed to be in Neruda’s skeleton. What does this mean? Assassinated, intervened by State agents.” Reyes was confident that what had happened almost half a century ago, after two delays, would finally be known this Wednesday. “We are pleased and saddened, because now we know they killed him It was supposed to be something before but this is the truth of the investigation. revealed: Neruda was killed.”
Plaza explained the reason for the tension. “The court’s decision cannot be based solely on an element of evidence (…). The report is now entering the working phase and review”. The judge assured that although the parties involved in the case had “access to the summary”, his decision was “inappropriate”. The court stressed that “it must respect the principle of impartiality”.
the twist of history
The name of the poet had a special weight, which led to tragic events in Chile. September 11, 1973 coup. Neruda was an intellectual closely associated with the Communist Party, one of the parties supporting the Chinese Government. Salvador Allende He was also a personal friend. Twelve days after the military’s assault on power, the Nobel Prize winner for Literature died at the Santa María Clinic in Santiago. This happened a few hours before he left for Mexico in exile.
From that moment on, the dictatorship spoke of a death due to the advanced stage of prostate cancer. HE version started to be debunked in 2011 Based on the testimony of driver Manuel Araya, a close friend of Neruda. According to his words, an intelligence agent from the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship disguised as a doctor at the clinic and injected him with bacteria. “Neruda called (his wife) Matilde (Urrutia) himself while he was on Isla Negra and told him to come back immediately, they gave him an injection in his gusta (stomach), it burned and burned inside”. Six years later, Clostridium botulinum was found in Neruda’s tooth by a previous panel of experts.
The poet’s own nephew sounded like he was speaking as if he were part of the plot of a television series that had to let viewers know how the suspended story was going. “The deadly bullet found in Neruda’s body was found. Who shot? This will be seen soon but there is no doubt that Neruda was killed. Direct intervention from third parties,” he said.
known application
The only certainty that Chileans have at this point is not this reason, but their own historical experience. The Pinochet dictatorship had resorted to poisoning as a way to eliminate its enemies. HE sarin gas It was used in July 1976 to kill Spanish diplomat Carmelo Soria, as well as Army Corporal Manuel Leyton and Foreign Protocol director Carlos Osorio, among others.
Colonel Manual ContrasThe founder of the intelligence agency was at his disposal. Eugenio Berrios, a soldier responsible for such missions. Assassinated in Uruguay in 1991, Berrios even planned how to poison the La Plata river as Chile came to the brink of war with Argentina over the dispute over the southern islands. death of ex-president Eduardo Frei Montalva He bears the mark of a criminal suspicion of this nature as he prepares to lead the opposition against the regime in 1981. A court upheld the murder, and the Supreme Court dismissed it in 2021.