In Chile, former military dictator Augusto Pinochet was stripped of his legal immunity Wednesday, clearing the way for him to face charges he murdered political opponents in the 1973 coup that brought him to power. Chilean courts have previously stripped Pinochet’s immunity for other cases, but he has avoided several trials by convincing judges he is medically unfit to stand trial. If the current case proceeds, it would reopen one of the most notorious human rights cases involving Pinochet’s dictatorship — the so-called Caravan of Death, in which 75 jailed dissidents were killed in the weeks immediately after the coup.
Pinochet Stripped of Legal Immunity
HeadlineJan 12, 2006