The trail of blood left behind over those four days came to be known as the Caravan of Death.6 In short order, the entire country had gotten the message: resistance is deadly. Even though Pinochet’s battle was one-sided, its effects were as real as any civil war or foreign invasion: in all, more than 3,200 people were disappeared or executed, at least 80,000 were imprisoned, and 200,000 fled the country for political reasons.
