There are many conflicting accounts of Jara's last days but the 2019 Netflix documentary Massacre at the Stadium pieces together a convincing narrative. As a famous musician and prominent supporter of Allende, Jara was swiftly recognised on his way into the stadium. An army officer threw a lit cigarette on the ground, made Jara crawl for it, then stamped on his wrists. Jara was first separated from the other detainees, then beaten and tortured in the bowels of the stadium. At one point, he defiantly sang "Venceremos (We Will Win)", Allende's 1970 election anthem, through split lips. On the morning of the 16th, according to a fellow detainee, Jara asked for a pen and notebook and scribbled the lyrics to "Estadio Chile", which were later smuggled out of the stadium: "How hard it is to sing when I must sing of horror. / Horror which I am living, horror which I am dying." Two hours later, he was shot dead, then his body was riddled with machine-gun bullets and dumped in the street. He was 40.
There are many conflicting accounts of Jara's last days but the 2019 Netflix documentary Massacre at the Stadium pieces together a convincing narrative As a famous musician and prominent supporter of Allende Jara was swiftly recognised on his way into the stadium An army officer threw a lit cigarette on the ground made Jara crawl for it then stamped on his wrists Jara was first separated from the other detainees then beaten and tortured in the bowels of the stadium At one point he defiantly sang "Venceremos (We Will Win)" Allende's 1970 election anthem through split lips On the morning of the 16th according to a fellow detainee Jara asked for a pen and notebook and scribbled the lyrics to "Estadio Chile" which were later smuggled out of the stadium "How hard it is to sing when I must sing of horror / Horror which I am living horror which I am dying" Two hours later he was shot dead then his body was riddled with machine-gun bullets and dumped in the street He was 40