Víctor Contreras may refer to:
The Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional or DINA was the secret police of Chile during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. The DINA has been referred to as "Pinochet's Gestapo". Established in November 1973 as a Chilean Army intelligence unit headed by Colonel Manuel Contreras and vice-director Raúl Iturriaga, the DINA was then separated from the army and made an independent administrative unit in June 1974 under the auspices of Decree 521. The DINA existed until 1977, after which it was renamed the Central Nacional de Informaciones or CNI.
Juan Manuel "Mamo" GuillermoContreras Sepúlveda was a Chilean Army officer and the former head of the National Intelligence Directorate (DINA), Chile's secret police during the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet. In 1995, he was convicted of the murder of Chilean diplomat Orlando Letelier in Washington, DC, and sentenced to seven years in prison, which he served until 2001. At the time of his death, Contreras was serving 59 unappealable sentences totaling 529 years in prison for kidnapping, forced disappearance, and assassination.
Espaillat is one of the 32 provinces of the Dominican Republic. It is divided into 5 municipalities and its capital city is Moca. Located in north-central Dominican Republic (Cibao), it is bordered by the provinces of La Vega to the south, Santiago and Puerto Plata to the west, and María Trinidad Sánchez to the north-east. The province has a coastline to the north with the Atlantic Ocean. It is named for Ulises Francisco Espaillat (1823–1878), the 19th-century author who was briefly President of the Republic in 1876.
José Ariel Contreras Camejo is a Cuban former professional baseball pitcher, who played in the Cuban National Series (CNS), Major League Baseball (MLB), and internationally for the Cuban national baseball team. He also played in the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) for the Chinatrust Brothers.
Contreras is a Spanish surname of toponymic origin, for "from the surrounding area". It is a common family name in the Hispanic-speaking world.
San Joaquín is a commune of Chile located in Santiago Province, Santiago Metropolitan Region. It is part of Greater Santiago.
Tecalitlán is a town and municipality in the central Pacific coastal state of Jalisco, Mexico. Located just south of Ciudad Guzmán, the population of the municipality was 16,705 as of 2020.
Pedro Contreras González is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
José de Jesús Amezcua Contreras (born c. 1975, along with his brothers Adán and Luis, was a leader of the Colima Cartel, a Mexican methamphetamine and meth-precursor smuggling organization.
Yuderqui Maridalia Contreras, also known as Yudelkis Contreras, is a Dominican Republican weightlifter. She went to the 2008 Summer Olympics where she was 5th. After the Games, she was accused of failing a doping control, but the case ended with her name cleared. She was one of the two athletes that represented her home country in weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She failed her three attempts in the snatch stage ending with no mark.
Ernesto Contreras may refer to:
The Pichilemu City Council is the legislative body of the City of Pichilemu. The council meets in Pichilemu City Hall.
Ana Brenda Contreras Pérez, also known as Ana Breco, is a Mexican actress.
Carlos Contreras may refer to:
The following lists events that happened during 1938 in Chile.
Orlando Contreras may refer to:
The Lira de Oro was the award that originally given to the winners in International - between 1961 and 1968 - and Folk Competitions — between 1961 and 1964 -; in the Viña del Mar International Song Festival. From 1965 to 1968, this competition was awarded with the Arpa de Oro—. In 1969, the Lira de Oro was replaced by the Gaviota de Plata.
Luis Contreras may refer to:
Fernanda Contreras Gómez is a Mexican tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 139 by the WTA, achieved on 3 October 2022, and a doubles ranking of 99, achieved on 8 May 2023. She played collegiately for Vanderbilt University.
El Conde: Amor y honor is an American telenovela produced by Sony Pictures Television for Telemundo. It is an adaptation of the 1844 novel The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas. The series stars Fernando Colunga and Ana Brenda Contreras. It premiered on 1 July 2024.