Diana Arón

Diana Frida Arón Svigilisky (February 15, 1950 – November 18, 1974) was a Chilean journalist[1] and a member of the Movimiento de Izquierda Revolucionaria party.[2] She was kidnapped, tortured and forcibly disappeared by agents of the Pinochet dictatorship.

Diana Arón
Born
Diana Frida Arón Svigilisky

(1950-02-15)February 15, 1950
Santiago, Chile
Disappeared18 November 1974 (aged 24)
NationalityChilean
Occupationjournalist
political activist

Biography

She studied at the Hebrew Institute and then journalism at the Catholic University, developed her professional practice on Canal 13, belonging to the same university. After graduating, she worked as a reporter for Onda magazine of Editorial Quimantú.[3] Arón was a member of the Movimiento de Izquierda Revolucionaria and as such she was part of the editorial team of El Rebelde newspaper.

Disappearance

After the 1973 military coup, Arón was forced to go underground. On November 18, 1974, she was arrested by agents of the DINA (Chilean secret police) and taken to Villa Grimaldi, where she was tortured by Miguel Krassnoff.[4] After that she was forcibly disappeared and her body was never found.[5]

See also

References
  1. "Google Translate". translate.google.com. Retrieved 2019-08-09.
  2. Memoria Viva caso Diana Arón
  3. Editora Quimantu
  4. "Google Translate". translate.google.com. Retrieved 2019-08-09.
  5. Caso Aron: Suprema anula amnistía y confirma condena a cúpula DINA
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