1975 Bernardo Leighton Assassination Attempt
According to declassified CIA documents, in 1975, he met with Italian Gladio member Stefano Delle Chiaie, founder of Avanguardia Nazionale, and was also in contact with OAS member Albert Spaggiari. He has been sentenced in absentia in Italy to 15 years of jail, due to his role as an intermediary between the Chilean DINA and Italian neo-fascists According to Townley, both Stefano Delle Chiaie and Albert Spaggiari worked for DINA.
Michael Townley also stated that Enrique Arranciaba had traveled to California in the fall of 1977 on banking business for ALFA, alias Stefano Delle Chiaie. Enrique Arranciaba is a former DINA agent who resided in unofficial exile in Buenos Aires after the assassination of Chilean Army Chief of Staff René Schneider on October 25, 1970. Arranciaba was arrested by Argentine intelligence officers shortly after the extradition of Townley to the US and charged with espionage.
Read more about this topic: Michael Townley
Famous quotes containing the word attempt:
“We attempt to remember our collective American childhood, the way it was, but what we often remember is a combination of real past, pieces reshaped by bitterness and love, and, of course, the video past—the portrayals of family life on such television programs as “Leave it to Beaver” and “Father Knows Best” and all the rest.”
—Richard Louv (20th century)