and a record of the transference of funds to the coup-makers (history.state.gov/historicaldo...). The dictatorship, led by Hugo Banzer, banned all left-leaning political parties and arrested, tortured and/or killed thousands of political opponents.
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Torres was forced into exile, and later kidnapped and assassinated in 1976 as part of US-backed Operation Condor. Operation Condor mobilized right-wing death squads to kill 80,000 leftist figures across Latin America.
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