Colonia Dignidad: Chile's Nazi colony

[Ralf Anders]

Thanks! As regards arms trader Gerhard Mertins, he certainly had a hand in this: "The weapons seized include machine guns, rifles, rocket launchers, grenades and mortars. Some were said to be of World War II vintage, and were accompanied by manuals written in German; others were more modern. The discovery may solve another mystery: From the mid-1970's, the United States and other countries cut off weapons sales to the Pinochet dictatorship, which nonetheless managed to stay well armed. Diplomats and rights groups have long suggested that Colonia Dignidad acquired weapons for the Chilean military through trading companies that the sect controlled." http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/17/world/....html?_r=0