Pinochet’s Immunity Lost, Charges Dropped
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From Times Wire Reports
A Chilean appeals court stripped former dictator Augusto Pinochet of immunity in a tax-fraud case but threw out nine kidnapping charges and a murder charge against him.
The court in Santiago, the capital, voted to remove the immunity that Pinochet, 89, has as former president, in a case tied to multimillion-dollar bank accounts.
The court cited Pinochet’s health in throwing out the case involving kidnapping and murder charges, an argument made in a previous case against him. Doctors say Pinochet has diabetes, a cardiac pacemaker and mild dementia.
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