Chile Halts Inquiry on American Who Disappeared 31 Years Ago [View all]
Source: New York Times
Chile Halts Inquiry on American Who Disappeared 31 Years Ago
By PASCALE BONNEFOY
MARCH 10, 2016
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Boris Weisfeiler, who disappeared in Chile in 1985. Credit Wendy Maeda/The Boston Globe, via Getty Images
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SANTIAGO, Chile — Boris Weisfeiler, a mathematics professor at Penn State, liked to hike alone. A naturalized American citizen who immigrated from the Soviet Union in 1975, he had explored remote parts of Siberia, Alaska, Canada and Peru. On Dec. 24, 1984, Mr. Weisfeiler embarked on a hiking tour of southern Chile while the country was under military rule. Two weeks later, he vanished.
In 2012, eight retired police and military officers were finally indicted with his abduction, a breakthrough after years of cover-ups and diplomatic intrigue.
But now the mystery of what happened to Mr. Weisfeiler will probably remain unsolved — because a judge has closed the case.
The judge, Jorge Zepeda, has put an end to the 16-year investigation into Mr. Weisfeiler’s death by applying a statute of limitations on the case, clearing all those charged, denying the family any compensation and failing to establish what had ultimately happened to Mr. Weisfeiler.
Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/11/world/americas/chile-halts-inquiry-on-american-who-disappeared-31-years-ago.html?_r=0
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In January 1981 Boris Weisfeiler received U.S. citizenship.
Boris Weisfeiler
Paul Schaefer
Former Nazi who fled to Chile,
founded and controlled
Colonia Dignidad, home of many
Germans who also came with him.
Nazi Paul Schaefer, being arrested
for molesting many boys over many
years, even though Colonia Dignidad
was known to have tortured and
murdered political dissenters for
General Pinochet, the dictator of
Chile.
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