Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SUNDAY, March 11, 1990 TAG: 9003112561
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL PAGE: A6 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: SANTIAGO, CHILE LENGTH: Short
Joyce Horman, invited by the elected government that takes power today, told reporters at Santiago's airport she did not expect the political change to produce any new information about her husband's death.
"But what's important is that the human rights situation will improve for all Chileans," she said.
Charles Horman, then 29, was among thousands of people arrested when Pinochet seized power in a bloody Sept. 11, 1973, coup. It toppled the elected government of President Salvador Allende, a Marxist. Horman, a free-lance journalist, and his wife lived in Chile.
Testimony collected by human rights groups indicated that Horman was among many suspected dissidents held and executed at Santiago's National Stadium. The military government has denied the allegations.
Horman's father pressed for years for details of his son's death and wrote a book about his efforts, which provided the story for the movie "Missing," starring Sissy Spacek as Horman's wife and Jack Lemmon as the father.
The movie is officially banned in Chile.
On Monday the National Stadium will be the site of a massive celebration to mark the end of Pinochet's rule.
Patricio Aylwin, a 71-year-old Christian Democrat, was the candidate of a 17-party center-left coalition that defeated Pinochet in Dec. 14 national elections, winning 55 percent of the vote.
by CNB