في اليوم التالي نُقِل فيكتور خارا مع كثيرين آخرين إلى ستاد تشيلي (ستاد فيكتور خارا الآن)، حيث تمّ تعذيبه واغتياله.
The next day, Jara was rounded up with thousands of others at a sports complex to the west of Santiago city, where military forces tortured and killed the singer-songwriter. The impact of Jara's music on Chile was such that every September, Chileans and non-Chileans alike remember him on social media.