Attempted assassination of Augusto Pinochet

[3] The death of former President Jorge Alessandri on August 31 influenced events by requiring Pinochet to travel back to Santiago, which changed the schedule of the attack.

[3] However, despite being on a narrow road next to a ravine, Pinochet's car managed to turn around and escape the scene, albeit not before being hit by a rocket-propelled grenade.

[3] Initially, the guerrillas thought they had killed Pinochet and escaped the scene by pretending to be part of the security staff to evade incoming military and police.

Opposition figures unrelated to the events, such as Ricardo Lagos, Patricio Hales, and Germán Correa, were arrested, and journalist José Carrasco, who was already in custody, was killed.

[3] The failure of Pinochet's attempted assassination led to an internal crisis in the Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front, resulting in splits and the complete autonomy of the group from the Communist Party by 1987.

Raúl Pellegrin and Cecilia Magni in the cover of the clandestine magazine El Rodriguista , published by Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front . The cover is from the issue of November 1988 the month after their death. Both Pellegrin and Magni participated in the assassination attempt of Augusto Pinochet.