General Augusto Pinochet ruled Chile as head of a military junta from 1973 to 1990. He was indicted for human rights violations committed in Chile under his rule by Spanish magistrate Baltasar Garzón
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Caravan of Death
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The Caravan of Death was a Chilean Army death squad that, following the Chilean coup of 1973, flew by helicopters from south to north of Chile between September 30 and October 22, 1973. During this fo
Indictment and arrest of Augusto Pinochet
…subsequent house arrest and release, before he died on 10 December 2006, just after having been again put under house arrest on 28 November 2006 in the Caravan of Death case. At the time of his death in 2006, Pinochet had been implicated in over 300 criminal charges for many human rights violations, including the Caravan…
Generals Sergio Arellano Stark (left) and Augusto Pinochet embracing a few hours before the departure of the Caravan of Death (September 1973)