Defending Victor Toro

Victor Toro a Chilean National and co-founder of the MIR (Revolutionary Left Movement), who was disappeared then tortured by the U.S.-sponsored bloody fascist dictator Pinochet in 1973. After being released from a concentration camp prison in 1976, he was forced to leave his homeland and was given an exit only passport. In 1978, the illegitimate undemocratic government of Pinochet declared him dead and was published in the press, which until this day, this wrong has not been corrected even though many attempts by the Toro family.

He arrived in the U.S. in 1984 without U.S.-documents and settled in the South Bronx, NY. In 1987 he co-founded La Peña del Bronx with his life partner and partner in struggle for social justice, Nieves Ayress, a community grass roots organization serving the poor and the needs of the community.
In this interview, Victor's lawyer calls for people to come out in support of Victor.

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News & Politics

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• Refugee
• Pinochet
• torture
• immigration
• Chile