in the first months after the "coup d’état," the military killed thousands of chilean leftists, both real and suspected, or forced their "disappearance". the military imprisoned 40,000 political enemies in the national stadium of chile; among the tortured and killed "desaparecidos" (disappeared) were the u.s. citizens charles horman, and frank teruggi. in october 1973, the chilean songwriter víctor jara was murdered, along with 70 other people in a series of killings perpetrated by the death squad caravan of death ("caravana de la muerte").