In Chile, a jailed ex-intelligence director has linked former dictator Augusto Pinochet to the country’s cocaine trade. The Chilean newspaper La Nacion says Manuel Contreras — the ex-director of the Intelligence Service — told a judge Pinochet manufactured and trafficked cocaine during his seventeen year rule. Contreras also implicated several members of Pinochet´s family. Pinochet’s family denies the allegations. Pinochet has been indicted for several human rights abuses committed under his regime. He has been able to avoid most of them by convincing judges he is in poor health. He is also facing money laundering charges.