José Carrasco Tapia
José Humberto Carrasco Tapia (born August 24, 1943 in Santiago de Chile , † September 8, 1986 ibid) was a Chilean journalist . He was editor of the Chilean magazine Análisis, which was banned during the military dictatorship , as well as head of the international department of this magazine. He was also chairman of the Chilean Journalists Association.
Carrasco Tapia was a critic of Chile's dictator Augusto Pinochet and was therefore imprisoned several times. From 1977 to 1984 he lived in exile in Venezuela and Mexico .
assassination
On September 8, 1986, Carrasco Tapia was abducted from his home and later murdered by Chilean death squads on a cemetery wall in Santiago de Chile .
In 1987 he was posthumously awarded the Fritz-Singer Prize in “recognition of journalistic courage under a military dictatorship in the Third World”.
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| SURNAME | Carrasco Tapia, José |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Carrasco Tapia, José Humberto (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chilean journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 24, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Santiago de Chile |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 8, 1986 |
| Place of death | Santiago de Chile |