JAIME ENRIQUE LEPPE ORELLANA

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1968

Leppe Orellana was a student at the U. S. Army School of the Americas, in the Basic Arms Orientation Course and is listed by School of the Americas Watch as a "Notorious Graduate.".

1976

Leppe Orellana was directly implicated in the death by torture of former Spanish diplomat Carmelo Soria, whose neck was broken during a torture session, according to several accounts. Soria had been arrested by Chilean DINA personnel. Soria's car and body were dumped in a Santiago canal in order to make his death appear accidental.

1991

At the time the Carmelo Soria case was reopened in 1991, Lepe was General Pinochet's personal secretary.. 1997

On Nov. 4, 1997, Lepe was rejected for promotion from Brigadier to General, the first time that such a rejection was made public. Chilean President Eduardo Frei reportedly rejected the promotion because of Lepe's bad image and concern that such a promotion would damage "harmonious relations" between Chilean citizens and the armed forces.

1998

Leppe Orellana among a number of Chilean citizens charged by Spanish Judge Baltazar Garzon with crimes of genocide, torture and disappearances.

Leppe Orellana was named in documents concerning School of the Americas graduates which Father Roy Bourgeois presented to Judge Baltazar. National Catholic Reporter, "Priest testifies to School of Americas ties to Pinochet", January 15, 1999, p. 11

Source of information not otherwise attributed above: Michael Katz-Lacabe, School of the Americas Watch, "Eleven SOA Grads Among Chilean Officers Cited in Spanish Human Rights Case."

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