What is Manuel Contreras?
{{Infobox criminal | name = Manuel Contreras | image_name = Manuel_mamo_contreras.PNG | image_size = | image_caption = Manuel Contreras |birth_name=Juan Manuel Guillermo Contreras Sepúlveda | birth_date = {{Birth date|1929|5|4|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Santiago]], Chile | death_date ={{nowrap|{{death date and age|2015|8|7|1929|5|4|df=y}}}} | death_place = Santiago, Chile | alias = El Mamo | conviction = Kidnapping, [[forced disappearance]], assassination, illegal association with criminal intent | conviction_penalty = 529 years in prison | conviction_status = Deceased | occupation = | spouse = | parents = | children = }} '''Juan Manuel Guillermo Contreras Sepúlveda''' (4 May 1929 – 7 August 2015) was a [[Chile]]an [[military]] officer and the former head of [[Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional|DINA]], Chile's [[secret police]] during the dictatorship of General [[Augusto Pinochet]]. As head of DINA he was the most powerful and feared man in the country, after Pinochet. Until his death in August 2015 of [[multiple organ failure]], he was serving 58 sentences totaling 498 years in prison for kidnapping, [[forced disappearance]] and assassination.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.latercera.com/noticia/nacional/2015/05/680-630583-9-manuel-contreras-sumo-505-anos-de-prision-por-condenas-de-violacion-a-ddhh.shtml |title=www.latercera.com |access-date=2015-08-08 |archive-date=2016-03-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305101835/http://www.latercera.com/noticia/nacional/2015/05/680-630583-9-manuel-contreras-sumo-505-anos-de-prision-por-condenas-de-violacion-a-ddhh.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Contreras, Manuel}} [[Category:1929 births]] [[Category:2015 deaths]] [[Category:Chilean generals]] [[Category:Kidnappers]] [[Category:Murderers]] [[Category:People from Santiago]] [[Category:People who died in prison custody]] {{bio-stub}}