A court in chile on friday handed prison sentences to 20 exmembers of general augusto pinochets secret police for the kidnapping and murder of 12 people between 1975 and 1977. Former bodyguard of chilean dictator augusto pinochet named christian labbe was arrested, according to the guardian. The pinochet case a wakeup call to tyrants and victims alike. The icj has actively monitored the human rights situation in chile for over twentyfive years now, since general augusto pinochet ugarte overthrew the democratic government led by dr. List of books and articles about augusto pinochet online. Authorised to return to chile, pinochet was subsequently indicted. The late dictators middleaged children were arrested on october 4 and. Pinochet was spared being actually arrested thanks to the supreme courts determination that his light to moderate vascular dementia rendered the general unable to defend himself in a trial.
A clare family finds pinochets detention is particularly sweet sat, oct 24, 1998, 01. The book now completes the file on pinochets story, detailing his multiple indictments. Judge guzman decided several days later to formally charge pinochet with being the intellectual author of the caravan of death. The pinochet precedent how victims can pursue human. How pep the dog was sentenced to life in prison after being. Pinochet arrested in london for murder the independent. After disappearing from public view for years, pinochet was arrested in london 1998.
The case of general pinochet amnesty international. September 11, 1973, changed the lives of many chileans forever. It was the first time a former head of state had been arrested based on the principle of. Family members say that a mental test would be humiliating. The atrocities of augusto pinochet and the united states. Six arrested over assassination of former chilean president. Ideally, every little family is at home watching the official version of the news on tv, there is no interaction, no public discourse, no dialogue or discussion, no exchange of ideas that might stir rebellion. In britain, gen pinochet was held for 503 days after being arrested during a private visit in october 1998. General augusto pinochet, dictator of chile from 1973 to 1990, has been arrested at a london hospital on charges of murder. Professor david sugarman, the director of the centre for law and society at lancaster university and author of a forthcoming book on pinochets arrest and imprisonment, said yesterday. Biography of augusto pinochet, chiles military dictator. Colonia, about pinochets chile, is brutal and brilliant. Jun 01, 2011 1998 gen pinochet retires from the army and is made senator for life but is arrested in the uk at the request of spain on murder charges.
Pinochets arrest ordered by judge the new york times. Villain to some, hero to others general augusto pinochet, who ruled chile as a dictator for 17 years, is dead. The 83yearold former dictator was arrested on a warrant issued by garzon, who had compiled with the help of human rights organizations a detailed dossier against pinochet. An army general who served as chief of staff 197273 and commander of the army 1973, he led the coup that overthrew socialist president salvador allende sept. Five senior officers from the former chilean dictator, augusto pinochet s secret police have been arrested and charged with plotting the murder in 1974 of a dissident army general in a move hailed. Pinochet indicted on kidnapping charges pbs newshour. The day before augusto pinochet was arrested, hugh oshaughnessy wrote an article entitled murderer among us in the guardian, calling for pinochets arrest. The pinochet affair is the epic story of the events that surrounded the dramatic arrest of general augusto pinochet in london in october 1998. Apr 15, 2016 colonia is a romantic thriller set in the chile of ousted strongman dictator general augusto pinochet. Pinochets regime is still a regime that is studied a lot in political science. On 16 october 1998, pinochet was arrested while in london at the request of a spanish judge, dr. Family and friends of chilean dictator pinochet arrested on.
The men each rose to the rank of general, but during the 1973 coup bachelets father stayed loyal to allende, while gen. Timeline of augusto pinochets dictatorship telegraph. From in or about 1994 until 2002, pinochet and his wife, lucia hiriart rodriguez, maintained multiple bank accounts, investments. They are determined to end the impunity of public officials, including that of the civilian and military leaders in the united states who engage in state terrorism and human rights abuses while violating international treaties like the geneva conventions.
Pinochet family police mugshots leaked to media reuters. Sep 12, 20 chile coup 40th anniversary observed, 264 arrested police say they arrested 264 people and that 42 officers were wounded during a night of violence on the anniversary, weds. Oct 30, 2006 pinochet has been indicted four times before three on human rights charges, one for tax evasion and three times was held under house arrest, but this is the first time he faces torture. Gen pinochet has come under sustained legal attack in recent months. He was arrested in london six days later and held on house arrest for a year and a half before being released by the british government in march 2000. Many others were tortured by chiles notorious secret police under his rule in the 1970s and 80s. Pinochet, 82, was arrested at the london bridge hospital on a warrant an interpol red notice which alleges that between 1973 and 1983 he committed atrocities against spanish citizens.
Peter kornbluh, editor of the pinochet file, talks to steve inskeep about the history of charges against former chilean dictator augusto pinochet. Chile under pinochet is a fairly balanced look at chilean society under general augusto pinochet with interviews with both civilians of chile and the military officials that were shrouded in power through 1989. Dec 11, 2006 pinochets eldest daughter, lucia pinochet hiriart, fled to the united states in january 2006 and sought political asylum after being charged in the tax evasion case. The book now completes the file on pinochets story. According to these reports, during the period 1973 to 1977, the dina reported directly to general pinochet through its director, general contreras. Pinochet is a hero to some and a villain to others. Sep 01, 2003 but the pinochet files is not so much a history of allende or pinochet. May 09, 2012 since pinochet stepped down in 1990, chiles national truth and reconciliation commission and a panel on political imprisonment and torture have documented the sects links to the dictators. An awardwinning journalist and broadcaster who has covered latin america for nearly four decades, oshaughnessy is the author of numerous books and has been a regular correspondent for the economist and the. Oct 21, 2014 retired chilean army colonel cristian labbe, an outspoken defender of former dictator general augusto pinochet, has been arrested labbe was charged with being part of a conspiracy in the. Pinochets arrest remembered the tico times costa rica. Just before midnight on friday, october 16, 1998, police from britains scotland yard entered a room in a small, private hospital in london and arrested former chilean dictator augusto pinochet ugarte. In chile, pinochet arrested a security guard, instruct the. A clare family finds pinochets detention is particularly.
About a year ago, a book came out in england that made a fascinating prediction. Augusto pinochet bio, facts, family famous birthdays. He was of french breton and basque descent, and was raised a roman catholic. On a threeyear appointment from september 2018, she is the gloria steinem chair in media, culture, and feminist studies at rutgers university. It stars emma watson as lena, a lufthansa flight attendant who abandons her flight schedule to stay in chile to find and rescue her lover, daniel daniel bruhl, a graphic artist and active supporter of salvador allende, the countrys. The 1973 chilean coup detat was the overthrow of the socialist president of chile salvador allende by the army and national police.
Chiles exarmy chief juan emilio cheyre convicted for pinochetera murders he is the most senior figure to be convicted for crimes under the 197390 military dictatorship. Lucia hiriart rodriguez and members of her family at the funeral of her husband augusto pinochet on 12 december 2006. May 16, 20 he was known as the pennsylvania catmurderer, a vicious hound sentenced to life imprisonment at eastern state penitentiary for the grisly killing of the governors moggie in his prison mugshot. Eur 452198 amnesty international october 1998 violations included real, potential or suspected ideological opponents of the military government. Fugitive pinochet agent detained in chile drugs raid bbc news. General pinochet was recovering from back surgery, but the ramifications of his arrest would shake not only his world, but the way the entire world would. He was arrested in 1998 in england on human rights charges, and the case stirred worldwide controversy, though pinochet was already in frail health.
He was the commanderinchief of the chilean army from 1973 to 1998 and president of the government junta of chile from 1973. When the house of lords ruled that pinochet could be arrested and prosecuted anywhere in the world, despite his status as a former head of state, the human. Pinochet ordered arrested again the new york times. Indictment and arrest of augusto pinochet wikipedia. Fear is a very powerful tool and pinochet used it successfully. Augusto jose ramon pinochet ugarte, more commonly known as augusto pinochet spanish pronunciation. A playground for complicit foreigner on october 30, 2014 at 1. The real legacy of chiles augusto pinochet return of kings. They were acting on a spanish warrant charging the former dictator. The widow and five children of former chilean dictator augusto pinochet have been arrested in chile on embezzlement charges. The widow and five children of chiles former military ruler, gen augusto pinochet, have been arrested on charges of embezzlement. General pinochet was arrested in britain in october 1998 at the request of a. Pinochet formally charged with crimes against humanity spanish judge seeks to freeze exdictators assets december 10, 1998 web posted at.
To know more about his childhood, career, profile and timeline read on. Naomi klein born may 8, 1970 is a canadian author, social activist, and filmmaker known for her political analyses and criticism of corporate globalization and of capitalism. A clare family finds pinochets detention is particularly sweet. The familys eldest sibling, augusto pinochet hiriart, was charged with using a false passport, but he remained free after paying a 188dollar bail that does not need an appeals court ruling. Pinochet arrested on murder charge world news the guardian.
Pinochet family cleared of embezzlement charges reuters. General augusto pinochet was said by his family to be under house arrest in santiago last night after a chilean judge investigating human rights abuses during his 17year dictatorship charged him. Family of chiles former leader augusto pinochet arrested. Former chilean president augusto pinochet is arrested in london may 26, 1998. A judge ordered 17 other suspects to be held, including aides to gen pinochet. Legal experts discuss the pinochet extradition case oct. Oct 26, 2007 pinochet family cleared of embezzlement charges. Augusto pinochet ugarte, the brutal dictator who repressed and reshaped chile for nearly two decades, died on dec. Published to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of general augusto pinochets infamous september 11, 1973, military coup in chile, this updated edition of the pinochet file reveals the shocking, formerly secret record of the us governments complicity with atrocity in a foreign country. Augusto pinochet, the former chilean strongman, has been placed under house arrest, court sources said, after a judge charged him with masterminding the 1973 caravan of death that killed 75. He spent over a year under house arrest in london while a spanish judge worked to extradite him to stand trial.
Printed by empresa editora nacional gabriela mistral. Dec 07, 2009 six arrested over assassination of former chilean president chilean officials have arrested six people, including four doctors, for their role in the alleged assassination in 1982 of former. But as eisenberg notes, white supremacist joseph paul franklin, a convicted serial killer, made a jailhouse confession before beards 1993 trial. Augusto pinochet biography childhood, life achievements. As head of a fourman military junta, he resorted to mass arrests and was responsible for more. Chilean cardinals close to pope stained by abuse coverups. He attended military school and graduated with the rank of second lieutenant. His years in power were marked by inflation, poverty, and the ruthless repression of opposition leaders. The university of chile estimates that less than 10% of this amount could have been sourced from pinochet s military salary. How general pinochets detention changed the meaning of.
Chile coup 40th anniversary observed, 264 arrested. Augusto pinochet november 25, 1915december 10, 2006 was an army officer and dictator of chile from 1973 to 1990. They are accused of illegally transferring usd27 million to foreign. Any objective look today at the economies of chile, venezuela, and cuba leave no room for doubt about whose policies were better for their people. It followed an extended period of social unrest and political tension between the oppositioncontrolled congress of chile and the socialist president salvador allende, as well as economic warfare ordered by us president richard nixon. General augusto pinochet, commander in chief of the chilean army, overthrew the incumbent socialist president, salvador allende. The pinochet affair has shaped a whole new generation of human rights activists and lawyers. Plan z reproduced from pp 5663, the white book of the change of government. Pinochets and the chilean militarys tarnished legacy coha.
Pinochet arrested for kidnap 02 dec 2000 general pinochet received news of the arrest order at his house 80 miles outside santiago, in. The dictators shadow is a nonfiction book about life under agosto pinochet in chile. It talks about how pinochet came to power and how he was able to consolidate his power for so long. After mass protests she was released two days later. Pinochet spy chiefs charged with murder the irish times. Violent deaths under allende reproduced from pp 8184, the white book of the change of government in chile, 11 september 1973.
National security archive electronic briefing book no. Augusto jose ramon pinochet ugarte was born in valparaiso on 25 november 1915. Judge under siege over pinochet arrest order telegraph. Published to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of general augusto pinochets infamous september 11, 1973, military coup in chile, this updated edition of the pinochet file reveals the shocking, formerly secret record of complicity with atrocity on the part of the u. A clare family finds pinochet s detention is particularly sweet sat, oct 24, 1998, 01. It was sent to the uk authorities and, early the next day, pinochet was placed under arrest. He was the son and namesake of augusto pinochet vera, a descendant of an 18thcentury french breton immigrant from lamballe, and avelina ugarte martinez, a woman whose family had been in chile since the 17th century and was of partial basque descent.
Augusto pinochet was the former president of chile. Beginning his narrative with the violent military coup that pinochet led on september 11, 1973, roger burbach discusses what led the dictator to murder thousands of his own people and to authorize acts. Augusto pinochets former bodyguard detained at santiago. Pinochet arrested in london augusto pinochet the guardian.
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