'Co-authors' of Chile torture charged

[Judi Lynn]

1. BBC News: Chile charges two over General Alberto Bachelet's death

17 July 2012 Last updated at 14:34 ET
Chile charges two over General Alberto Bachelet's death

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Last month, Judge Carroza said investigators had found that Gen Bachelet had died of heart problems aggravated by torture sessions after his arrest.

He said a new forensic study concluded that "all the interrogations to which Gen Bachelet was submitted damaged his heart and was the likely cause of death".

Gen Bachelet was held in a military academy for six months and tortured by members of the same air force he had led before the 1973 military coup led by Gen Pinochet.

Gen Bachelet died on 12 March 1974 while serving a sentence for treason in the capital, Santiago.

His wife, Angela Jeria, and his daughter Michelle were also held and tortured before fleeing to Australia.

Ms Bachelet became Chile's first female president in 2006. She now heads the UN women's agency.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-18879593