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Chile marks 41st anniversary of military coup

By Eva Vergara
Published September 11, 2014 9:02pm ET
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Chile marks 41st anniversary of military coup
An offering of flowers marking the 41st anniversary of Chile's 1973 military coup, stands in front of the east side entrance of La Moneda presidential palace, referred to by it's street address, Morande 80, in Santiago, Chile, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014. The coup toppled Chilean President Salvador Allende and began the military dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet. Allende used the side door to enter and leave the palace. It was also through this door his body was carried by soldiers and firefighters from the destroyed presidential palace after the coup. (AP Photo/Luis Hidalgo) | Luis Hidalgo

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — President Michelle Bachelet marked Thursday’s anniversary of the 1973 military coup that toppled Marxist President Salvador Allende by urging Chileans to come forward with any information they might have about people forcibly disappeared during the country’s dictatorship.

About 40,000 people were killed, tortured or imprisoned for political reasons during the 17-year dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet, and about 1,000 of them have never been found.

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