Pinochet Victim Faked Death, Got Cash?

Here's a shady ethical debate question. Would you have the foresight to fake your own death by coup d'etat because eventually government would change again and reparations would be made?

Maybe it's just a question of smarts.

Either way, it might be what Communist Party member German Cofre did. Might have done. Here's an excerpt from this breaking story:

Soldiers surrounded Cofre's house in 1973 and led him away to a secret prison. His wife never saw him again before she died in 1997.

An employee of the city street cleaning department and a Communist Party member, Cofre was one of thousands of leftists rounded up following the 1973 military coup.

Some, like current President Michelle Bachelet, were eventually released. Many others were known to have been killed. And some just vanished — presumably tortured, killed and buried in clandestine graves or tossed into the sea.

But Cofre apparently was released, and fled to the Argentine city of Mendoza, where he established a new family.

Back in Chile, his wife had him declared legally dead in 1991. A funeral was held in 1995 after experts wrongly identified as his remains found at a local cemetery. Deputy Interior Minister Felipe Harboe said the family received a government stipend granted to victims of Gen. Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship.

So, was it cool what this guy did?

I'm not telling you what I'd do, hypothetically. Apparently my Robin Hood Advice Features disqualify me permanently from ethical debate questions.

So, I'll leave it up to you.

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