According to Wiki:
Shortly after the Chilean coup of 11 September 1973, he [Jara] was arrested, tortured and ultimately shot to death by machine gun fire. His body was later thrown out into the street of a shanty town in Santiago.
As to the U.S. involvement in that coup and what led up to it, well...
Didn't Arlo Guthrie write a song about this guy? I seem to recall my kids telling me about it.
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Well... since you brought up the subject...
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