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--- Begin Message ----Caveat Lector- Chilean Police Book Gen. Augusto PinochetBy Eva Vergara December 28, 2005 by the Associated Press http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CHILE_PINOCHET?SITE=MAFAL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT Chilean police took fingerprints and mugs shots of Gen. Augusto Pinochet on Wednesday following his indictment for the killing and disappearance of nine dissidents during his dictatorship - the first time he has had to submit to a police booking. Pablo Rodriguez, a lawyer for the 90-year-old ex-dictator who ruled Chile from 1973-90, called the procedure "an affront to a former President of the Republic." But government spokesman Osvaldo Puccio said the booking of Pinochet "shows that in Chile all citizens are equal before the law." Pinochet had been indicted and held under house arrest in other human rights in other legal cases against him, but had never been submitted to a police booking. No details were made public from the booking at his guarded suburban Santiago mansion where he remains under house arrest since his Nov. 24 indictment. The law, however, mandates that the booking must be done by police officers, taking the prints from all 10 fingers of the person and taking front and side pictures. Wednesday's procedure was ordered by Judge Victor Montiglio, who issued the indictment of Pinochet for the killing and disappearance of nine dissidents in 1975 in a case known as Operation Colombo. The nine were among 119 victims of the operation; the Pinochet regime said they were killed in clashes between rival opposition groups. Rodriguez is expected argue Pinochet is unfit for trial for health reasons. Four times health problems have prevented him from being tried on human rights charges. Court-appointed doctors in the recent case have affirmed that, although he suffers from mild dementia, he can stand trial. He also is under indictment on tax evasion and corruption charges related to secret multimillion-dollar bank accounts he maintained overseas. Also Wednesday, a Chilean appeals court upheld a life prison sentence for Pinochet's secret police chief, who was convicted of killing 12 suspected urban guerrillas in 1987. Retired Gen. Hugo Salas can still appeal his sentence before the Supreme Court. Sixteen of Salas' subordinates in the Central Information Central, the feared security service of Pinochet's 1973-90 rule, were also sentenced to prison terms ranging from five to 15 years. All were convicted in the killing of 12 suspected members of the Manuel Rodriguez Patriotic Front, a pro-communist guerrilla that fought Pinochet's regime. The government said at the time that the suspected guerillas had been killed in clashes with security agents, but a judicial investigation revealed they were assassinated in three separate incidents after being arrested. Copyright (c) 2005 The Associated Press _______________________________________________________ portside (the left side in nautical parlance) is a news, discussion and debate service of the Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism. It aims to provide varied material of interest to people on the left. For answers to frequently asked questions: http://www.portside.org/faq To subscribe, unsubscribe or change settings: http://lists.portside.org/mailman/listinfo/portside To submit material, paste into an email and send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (postings are moderated) For assistance with your account: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To search the portside archive: https://lists.mayfirst.org/search/swish.cgi?list_name=portside www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substanceânot soap-boxingâplease! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'âwith its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright fraudsâis used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/ <A HREF="http://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
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