Sergio Valech Aldunate (21 October 1927 – 24 November 2010) was the Roman Catholic Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santiago de Chile, Chile. He was the head of the eight-member National Commission on Political Imprisonment and Torture panel in Chile, which investigated instances of torture that occurred under the military regime of Augusto Pinochet. After a six-month investigation, and another six months of preparation, the panel released the Valech Report.
Valech was born in Santiago, Chile, to a family of rich Syrian immigrants.
Valech died of lung cancer on 24 November 2010.
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External links
- Commission of Inquiry:Chile 03 - United States Institute of Peace
- Wikinews report on the release of the Valech Report