A former lieutenant in the regime of Chilean General Augusto Pinochet faces a lawsuit in Florida federal court in the abduction, torture and killing of renowned folk singer and political activist Victor Jara. Pedro Pablo Barrientos Nuñez, claimed in the complaint to be living in Deltona, Fla., is being sued by the widow and daughters of Jara, who was detained immediately following the 1973 coup. Pinochet ruled until 1990 and died in 2006. A popular democratic activist, Jara was allegedly killed by Barrientos in Chile Stadium during a bout of Russian roulette.
SAME-SEX V.A. BENEFITS
The federal government will no longer enforce a law that denied lawfully married same-sex couples eligibility for veterans' benefits including health care and home loans. Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. cited the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in U.S. v. Windsor, which found unconstitutional Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act. Subsequently, a California federal trial judge ruled "that the exclusion of legally married same-sex spouses from veterans benefits is not rationally related to any military interest or other identified government purpose," Holder wrote.
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