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SANTIAGO, Chile (Reuters) - Chile's Supreme Court stripped former dictator Augusto Pinochet of immunity from prosecution on Friday to face charges in a $27 million tax fraud case, court sources said. Pinochet, 90, has avoided being processed in a handful of human rights cases because of his health problems, which include mild dementia caused by frequent mini-strokes. The ruling opens Pinochet to investigation and prosecution for embezzling millions of dollars in public funds said to...

SANTIAGO, Chile (Reuters) - Chile's Supreme Court stripped former dictator Augusto Pinochet of immunity from prosecution on Friday to face charges in a $27 million tax fraud case, court sources said. Pinochet, 90, has avoided being processed in a handful of human rights cases because of his health problems, which include mild dementia caused by frequent mini-strokes.

SANTIAGO, Chile (Reuters) - A judge petitioned one of Chile's top courts on Monday to strip ex-dictator Augusto Pinochet's immunity from prosecution so he can be investigated and possibly indicted for his suspected role in the 1974 disappearance of a Spanish priest. The priest, Antonio Llido, who belonged to a religious group that supported socialism and opposed the dictatorship, was detained in September 1974 by the military government's secret police. Witnesses say Llido was...

SANTIAGO, Chile (Reuters) - Chile's Supreme Court on Monday reopened the first human rights case brought against 90-year-old former dictator Augusto Pinochet, four years after it was thrown out because of his dementia. Pinochet led a 17-year dictatorship in Chile after a 1973 coup and more than 3,000 people died in political violence and tens of thousands were detained and tortured during the regime. The so-called Caravan of Death case involved a tour of Chile by army officers after...

By Fiona OrtizSANTIAGO, Chile (Reuters) - Many people around the world recognize the name Augusto Pinochet, and many also know Chile's courts have failed to convict the ex-dictator of human rights abuses from his 1973-1990 military rule.What is not well known is that while cases against the 90-year-old Pinochet are stalled, partly because of his ill health, in recent years Chile's courts have quietly convicted 94 generals, colonels and other officers for torture, assassination and the...

SANTIAGO, Chile (Reuters) - The oldest daughter of former dictator Augusto Pinochet was released on bail in a tax evasion case on Monday, two days after she returned home and withdrew a bid for political asylum in the United States. A Santiago appeals court freed Lucia Pinochet Hiriart on $6,000 bail, court officials said. Pinochet Hiriart, 60, arrived in Chile on Saturday, nearly a week after fleeing her country to avoid tax charges. She had flown to Washington, where she was...

By Pav Jordan SANTIAGO, Chile (Reuters) - The eldest daughter of former dictator Augusto Pinochet was taken into custody on Saturday upon her return to Chile after seeking asylum in the United States to avoid tax charges. A federal judge greeted a tired Lucia Pinochet Hiriart, 60, as she arrived from Buenos Aires, where she made a brief stopover after being sent back from Washington late Friday. "Ms. Lucia, how nice that you've arrived, please come with me so that I can arraign you,"...

By Kevin Gray BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (Reuters) - The elder daughter of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet was returning home to Chile on Saturday, nearly a week after she fled her country on tax charges and sought political asylum in the United States. Lucia Pinochet Hiriart boarded a flight bound for Santiago following a stopover in Buenos Aires in route from Washington, Chilean officials in the Argentine capital said. She had fled Chile for neighboring Argentina by car on...

By Deborah Charles WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The eldest daughter of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet was sent back to Argentina, two days after she arrived after fleeing tax charges in Chile, a U.S. Homeland Security official said on Friday. Shortly after withdrawing her request for political asylum in the United States, Lucia Pinochet Hiriart, 60, was sent to Argentina -- the last country she was in before coming to the United States. "Lucia Pinochet is no longer in the custody...

By Deborah Charles WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The eldest daughter of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet was sent back to Argentina, two days after she arrived after fleeing tax charges in Chile, a U.S. Homeland Security official said on Friday. Shortly after withdrawing her request for political asylum in the United States, Lucia Pinochet Hiriart, 60, was sent to Argentina -- the last country she was in before coming to the United States. "Lucia Pinochet is no longer in the custody...