Joan Jara

Joan Alison Turner Roberts (born Joan Alison Turner, 20 July 1927 – 12 November 2023), known as Joan Jara or Joan de Jara was a British-Chilean dancer, activist, and widow of Chilean icon and esteemed folk songwriter Víctor Jara. In an interview, Jara said the Chilean military would not tell her the names of the officers at the stadium where Víctor died. The trial court dismissed the Alien Tort Statute claims, concluding that the case lacked sufficient ties to the United States, but it allowed the Torture Victims Protection Act claims to proceed to trial. Following the trial, the jury found Barrientos liable for the torture of Víctor Jara and awarded the Jaras $28 million. Joan Jara appealed the trial court's dismissal of the Alien Tort Statute claims to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. The Eleventh Circuit upheld the trial court's dismissal of the claims, holding that federal courts cannot exercise jurisdiction under the Alien Tort Statute when all of the defendant’s relevant conduct took place outside the United States.

Barrientos had his U.S. citizenship revoked in July 2023 and was detained by ICE authorities three months later. With Barrientos having his status in the United States reduced to that of an undocumented illegal immigrant, his planned expulsion from the country would count as a deportation rather than an extradition; Barrientos was deported back to Chile on 1 December 2023.

Death Joan Jara died in Santiago on 12 November 2023, at the age of 96. She died two weeks before Barrientos was scheduled to be deported from the United States.