From sausages maker to butcher After the military-civic coup of 1973 the Kast family led groups of landowners to actively collaborated with police and soldiers in killing dozens of unarmed farmworker families around the region of Linderos, mainly in Paine and Buin. To be a beneficiary of the land reforms and fulfill the dream of "the land belongs to those who work it," cost the lives of thousands of Chilean farmers. Crimes that families of the victims have not even reported because they have had to continue living under the wing of landlords, after their confiscated land lots were returned to them. Grandpa former Nazi officer, attended and fed the military and carabineros (police) in his small store which would become the headquarters of Bavaria chain, while his son Christian participated in interrogations previous to the killing of …show more content…
Cause Paine. folios 5,979 of volume XVIII). During the day of the military coup on September 11, 1973, Christian drove to the police headquarter the family car Datsun 1500 color green, loaded with food from the Bavaria factory "because officials there were having a potluck. I was invited to stay in the place until the next day," he said. In that place were last seen the majority of the missing peasants of Paine. Later that same night, Kast saw a group of detainees "who on the morning of the 12th were transported by a military truck. All with their head shorn" [idem, 5979, Volume XVIII]. Christian Kast Rist, who never reported this fact to justice, is now president of the sausages factory, restaurants and delis Bavaria; a known company with branches throughout Chile. He is the brother of current congressman and former vice president of the UDI, Jose Antonio Kast Rist and the uncle of Felipe Kast