Manuel Contreras, who led Chile's now-defunct and much feared secret police force for several years under the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet has died at the age of 86. Contreras had suffered from colon cancer and was admitted to a military hospital last week after his health deteriorated. He was several years into a 505-year prison sentence for human rights violations committed during Pinochet's 1973-1990 rule. After his death was announced, dozens of people gathered outside the hospital to celebrate, chanting 'Murderer!'. During Pinochet's rule more than 3,000 people died or disappeared at the hands of the state, while another 28,000 persons were tortured.