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title: "Gonzolo Lira, Jailed by/in Ukraine has Died"
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[RT](https://www.rt.com/news/590559-gonzalo-lira-dead/)

> Chilean-American blogger Gonzalo Lira has died in a Ukrainian prison, his family said on Friday.

> Lira, 55 at the time of his death, lived in Kharkov and blogged as ‘CoachRedPill,’ but switched to YouTube commentary after the conflict with Russia escalated in February 2022. **He was arrested by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) last May and [accused](https://www.rt.com/russia/575861-gonzalo-lira-ukraine-arrested/) of *“discrediting”* the Ukrainian leadership and the military.**
> 
> *“I cannot accept the way my son has died. He was tortured, extorted, incommunicado for 8 months and 11 days and the US Embassy did nothing to help my son. The responsibility of this tragedy is the dictator Zelensky with the concurrence of a senile American President, Joe Biden,”* his father Gonzalo Lira Sr. wrote in a note published by The Grayzone.

[**His father was on the Duran a couple of days ago- asking that his son be freed**](https://rumble.com/v468gm5-gonzalo-lira-sr.-free-my-son.html)

**Too young to die.**

[**Update- TASS**](https://tass.com/world/1731827)

> WASHINGTON, January 13. /TASS/. The US Department of State has confirmed the accuracy of data about the death of reporter Gonzalo Lira, a citizen of Chile and the US, in prison in Ukraine.
> 
> ***“We can confirm the death of a U.S. citizen in Ukraine. We offer our sincerest condolences to the family on their loss,” a representative of the Department of State told a TASS correspondent in response to a request to comment on the information that Lira died in jail.***
> 
> “***We stand ready to provide all appropriate consular assistance. Out of respect to the family during this difficult time, we have no further comment,” the official added.***