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Birth and Death
Augusto Pinochet was born November 25, 1915, Valparaíso, Chile.Augusto Pinochet died on December 10, 2006, Military Hospital of Santiago, La Reina, Chile.He was 91 years old when died.Augusto Pinochet died of a heart attack. -
Jobs of Pinochet
Augusto Pinochet was the former president of chile and general of the chile army before tragic death.He was also a politician.Most of all he was a soldier and a military officer. -
Bad Times
On 9-11-1973 The new government rounded up thousands of people and held them in the national stadium where many were killed. This was followed by brutal repression during Pinochet's rule. During of which about 3,000 people were killed, and more than 1,000 are still missing. -
Military
The military junta appoints Pinochet as President by a joint decree. From the beginning, the government implemented harsh measures against its political opponents. According to various reports and investigations 1,200 to 3,200 people were killed, up to 80,000 were interned, and up to 30,000 were tortured by his regime including women and children. -
Death in chile
Orlando Letelier, Chile's former foreign minister and Socialist Party leader in exile, is killed by a car bomb in the centre of Washington DC. The Pinochet regime is widely implicated. -
War and fame
Veteran lawyer Patricio Aylwin, aged 70, a Christian Democrat, wins a landslide 55 per cent of the votes to become Chile's new president. He is sworn in in 1990. But Pinochet stays on as army chief. -
The investigation?
The Spanish judges Manuel Garcia Castellon and Baltasar Garzon, investigating Pinochet in connection with the torture and disappearance of Spanish citizens during the Pinochet regime, contact Interpol. British police arrest a sedated Pinochet at his London clinic. -
The Secratery
British Home Secretary Jack Straw decides that Gen Pinochet is not fit to be extradited. Gen Pinochet returns to Chile. Chilean courts strip Gen Pinochet of his immunity from prosecution several times, but attempts to make him stand trial for alleged human rights offences fail, with judges usually citing concerns over the general's health. -
Trial
Judge Juan Guzman issues first indictment of Pinochet on human rights charges. But case falters because courts find poor health rules out a trial. -
Death for crime
Pinochet dies with about 300 criminal charges still pending against him in Chile for numerous human rights violations, tax evasion and embezzlement during his 17 year rule and afterwards. Pinochet was accused of having corruptly amassed a wealth of $28 million or more.
