Zita Cabello-Barrueto (born November 1, 1946) is a Chilean-American academic and film-maker who successfully sued one of the perpetrators of the
Caravan of Death
The Caravan of Death ( es, Caravana de la Muerte) was a Chilean Army death squad that, following the Chilean coup of 1973, flew by helicopters from south to north of Chile between September 30 and October 22, 1973. During this foray, members of t ...
for the murder of her brother, Winston Cabello Bravo, and torture of her husband, Patricio Barrueto, in 1973, following the
overthrow of the Allende government.
She has a PhD in development economics from the
University of California, Berkeley, has taught at the
University of California, Santa Cruz and been a writer in residence at
Mills College, in
Oakland, California.
In 2003, a Florida jury held Armando Fernández Larios liable for crimes against humanity and responsible for the death of her brother under the
Alien Tort Statute. Fernández Larios was ordered to pay Cabello-Barrueto, her mother, and her siblings
US$
The United States dollar (symbol: $; code: USD; also abbreviated US$ or U.S. Dollar, to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies; referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, American dollar, or colloquially buck) is the official ...
4 million in damages. The decision was upheld in March 2005 by the
Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.
In 2016, Cabello-Barrueto's "History of a man who refused to flee" () was published in Chile which detailed the experiences of her brother.
She is married and has two sons with her husband Patricio Barrueto.
References
1946 births
Living people
American academics
Chilean academics
Naturalized citizens of the United States
San Francisco State University faculty
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