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Chile Captures Fugitive General

HeadlineAug 03, 2007

In Chile, police have captured a fugitive general who escaped just before he was set to begin a jail term for crimes committed under the dictator Augusto Pinochet. Retired General Raul Iturriaga had been on the run since June.

Chilean government spokesperson Lagos Weber: “I can guarantee the criminal Iturriaga has been arrested, that he will have to carry out the sentence handed down by the Chilean courts.”

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