List of political scandals in Chile
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This is a list of major political scandals in Chile:
- "Scorpion" scandal (1809) - A smuggling scandal that caused the fall of the Royal Governor and hastened Chilean Independence
- Santa María de Iquique School Massacre ("Matanza de la Escuela Santa María de Iquique") (1907) - The slaughter of hundreds of striking saltpeter workers in Iquique at the hands of the police and military forces
- Ladislao's war (1920) - A phony threat of war in order to reduce voters to opposition candidate.
- Saber-rattling ("Ruido de sables") (1924) - The display of discomfort by young military men during a session of the Senate
- Marusia massacre (1925) - 500 miners shot dead by the police forces
- Seguro Obrero massacre (1938) - 58 people murdered by police in the wake of an attempted Nazi putsch
- Watches affair (1953) - A corruption scandal that ended the political career of María De la Cruz, the first Chilean woman senator
- Cuban packages (1972) - A smuggling scandal involving President Salvador Allende
- Alejandrina Cox incident (1973) - A traffic incident that caused the resignation of the Army Commander-in-chief and hastened the Chilean coup of 1973
- Charles Horman (1973) - A US journalist tortured and killed by the military during the Chilean coup of 1973
- Caravan of Death (1973) - 70 people executed by the military after the Chilean coup of 1973
- Operation Colombo (1975) - Murder of 119 political opponents of Pinochet by the Chilean DINA
- Operation Condor (1970s)
- Carlos Prats - Assassination of Chilean General in the frame of Operation Condor.
- Letelier case (1976) - Chilean politician and former minister murdered on Washington D.C.
- Slit throats case ("Caso Degollados") (1985) - A brutal murder that caused the resignation of the Police Head and profound changes in the political and legal structure of the government
- Burnt Alive case ("Caso Quemados") (1986) - Two youngsters burnt alive during a political protest by a military patrol
- Corpus Christi killings (Matanza de Corpus Christi) (1987) - The assassination of 12 members of the Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front in Santiago by the National Information Center (Central Nacional de Informaciones)
- Jaime Guzmán (1991) - Assassination of the UDI party founder and senator
- Operation Silence (1991) DINE (successor to DINA) assists several military and DINA officers wanted for human rights abuse to escape from Chile (including Eugenio Berrios, Arturo Sanhueza Ross, Carlos Herrera Jiménez)
- Piñeragate (1992) - Political espionage and eavesdropping
- Pinochecks ("Pinocheques") (1992) - A corruption scandal involving the eldest son of Augusto Pinochet
- Gerardo Huber (1992) - Assassination of a former DINA officer involved in an illegal arms deal with Croatia
- Eugenio Berríos (1995) - Assassination of a DINA biochemist
- Augusto Pinochet's arrest and trial (1998)
- MOP-Gate (2002) - Triangulation of public money to finance payolas to government employees
- Spiniak case (2004) - Pedophilia case allegedly involving congressmen and businessmen
- Colonia Dignidad - Concentration camp directed by ex-Nazi and child molester Paul Schäfer
- 2006–2007 Chilean corruption scandal - Use of public funds to finance political campaigns and political parties
