Two dozen retired police officers were convicted Wednesday of human rights violations linked to the 1973 massacre of 30 political prisoners _ the biggest group of defendants ever sentenced in such a trial in Chile.
Judge Emma Diaz convicted the former officers on charges involving the detention, torture and shooting of 31 leftists whose bodies were dumped in a fast-flowing river days after Chile's military coup. One woman survived to testify about the incident.
Retired police Col. Adrian Fernandez, 66, was given a maximum sentence of life in prison, while the others received lesser sentences ranging between four and 20 years, a statement from Chile's …
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