Pinochet arrested on human rights charges
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The former Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet was placed under house arrest on human rights charges yesterday after a judge in Santiago ruled he was mentally fit to stand trial.
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How ironic: defense attorneys for Augusto Pinochet characterized the arrest order against the former Chilean tyrant as an abuse of human rights, alleging that the 89-year-old man cannot defend himself because of poor health.
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SANTIAGO, Chile  - Former Chilean dictator AugustoPinochet was placed under house arrest Wednesday after thecountry's top court ruled that murder and kidnapping chargesagainst him can move forward.
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A judge has indicted former Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet for the alleged kidnapping of nine dissidents and the alleged killing of one of them during his 1973-90 military regime.
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A Chilean judge on Monday formally charged former dictator Agusto Pinochet with homicide and kidnapping in one of many pending cases related to human rights abuses committed during his 17-year rule.
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As former dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet recovered on Sunday from a stroke, lawyers who brought human rights charges against him claimed his hospitalization was a ploy to avoid trial.
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Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet was placed under house arrest Wednesday after the country's top court ruled that murder and kidnapping charges against him can move forward.
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A Chilean judge has formally charged former dictator Agusto Pinochet with homicide and kidnapping in one of many pending cases related to human rights abuses committed during his 17-year rule.
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A Chilean judge ruled today that Gen. Augusto Pinochet was competent to stand trial for human rights abuses that occurred while he was in power, and the judge charged
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Chile's ex-military ruler, Augusto Pinochet, is put under house arrest after being ruled fit to stand trial.
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SANTIAGO, Chile - A prosecuting judge on Monday charged former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet with the kidnapping and murder of political opponents in the 1970s and ordered him placed under house arrest.
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A former Uruguayan colonel, wanted in his own country and Argentina for alleged human rights abuses, is arrested in Brazil.
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Santiago - A court ruling placing former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet under house arrest, after he was charged with murder and kidnapping, has been suspended following an appeal by his lawyers, a court announced on Monday.
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Chile's Supreme Court Tuesday upheld the indictment and house arrest of Gen. Augusto Pinochet for nine kidnappings and one homicide allegedly committed during his dictatorial rule that was marked by pervasive human rights abuses.
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SANTIAGO, Chile  - A Chilean court on Wednesdaygranted bail to ex-dictator Augusto Pinochet over a humanrights case but his defense said he would find it hard toafford the $3,500 bond needed to end house arrest at hiscountry estate.
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Retired General Augusto Pinochet has been charged with killing and kidnapping opponents during his 17-year military rule and briefly placed under house arrest on Monday.
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A judge has ruled that Gen. Augusto Pinochet stand trial for his alleged involvement in state-sponsored torture.