Back Michael Townley Esperanto Michael Townley Spanish Michael Townley Finnish Michael Townley French Michael Townley Italian Michael Townley NB Michael Townley Polish Таунли, Майкл Russian Michael Townley Swedish
Michael Townley | |
|---|---|
| Born | Michael Vernon Townley December 5, 1942 |
| Nationality |  United States Chile |
| Occupation | Assassin |
| Organization | Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional |
| Spouse | Mariana Callejas |
| Conviction(s) | Assassination of Orlando Letelier Attempted assassination of Bernardo Leighton (in absentia) |
Michael Vernon Townley (born December 5, 1942, in Waterloo, Iowa) is an American-born former agent of the Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional (DINA), the secret police of Chile during the regime of Augusto Pinochet.[1] In 1978, Townley pleaded guilty to the 1976 murders of Orlando Letelier, former Chilean ambassador to the United States, and Ronni Karpen Moffitt, Letelier's co-worker at the Institute for Policy Studies. He was sentenced to ten years in prison, serving 62 months.[2] As part of his plea bargain, Townley received immunity from further prosecution; he was not extradited to Argentina to stand trial for the 1974 assassination of Chilean General Carlos Prats and his wife in Buenos Aires.[2]
In 1993, Townley was also convicted in absentia by an Italian court of carrying out the 1975 Rome murder attempt on Bernardo Leighton.[3] Townley worked in producing chemical weapons for DINA which would be used against Pinochet regime political opponents,[4][5][6][7] along with Colonel Gerardo Huber[8] and the DINA biochemist Eugenio Berríos.[9] He has long maintained status as a protected witness.[10][11][3]
- ^ Summary of Investigation, January 21, 1982, gwu.edu. Accessed July 31, 2023.
- ^ a b "Diplomat's Assassin to be Freed". Washington Post. 1983-07-26.
- ^ a b Willan, Philip (11 March 1993). "Agent of Chilean secret service convicted of murder attempt". UPI.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
contrerasusewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Cite error: The named reference
protectionwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Cite error: The named reference
donmanuelwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Cite error: The named reference
leadassassinwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Manuel Salazar Salvo, Roto el pacto de silencio en la inteligencia militar Archived 2007-09-21 at the Wayback Machine, Punto Final, n°611, 24 March – 6 April 2006 (in Spanish)
- ^ Michael Townley fue interrogado por muerte de Frei Montalva, Radio Cooperativa, 30 March 2005 (in Spanish)
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
townleywitnesswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Cite error: The named reference
witnessprotectionwas invoked but never defined (see the help page).
© MMXXIII Rich X Search. We shall prevail. All rights reserved. Rich X Search