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Pinochet Role Investigated in Ex-President’s Killing

HeadlineMar 29, 2007

In Chile, the late dictator Augusto Pinochet is once again under investigation, more than three months after his death. Authorities are probing whether Pinochet ordered the 1982 poisoning of ex-President Eduardo Frei Montalva. An autopsy has found traces of poison in Frei Montalva’s remains. The investigation also uncovered evidence unidentified doctors removed most of Frei Montalva’s organs just minutes after his death.

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