Orlando Letelier and Ronni Karpen Moffitt

Senator Welch marked the 50th anniversary of the 1976 car bomb assassination of former Chilean ambassador Orlando Letelier and Ronni Karpen Moffitt in Washington, carried out by agents of Chile’s secret police. He noted recent Chilean court convictions in the case and criticized the release of Armando Fernandez Larios by immigration officials, calling for his deportation over the murders and human rights crimes.Written by AI from the debate. Updated .

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