Pinochet funds cache expands

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From AFP
August 24, 2004
SANTIAGO: Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet held at least five secret bank accounts in the US in addition to the eight discovered at Riggs Bank in Washington, it has been revealed.

The accounts were opened by the military dictator under his own name and those of two of his children, Lucia and Marco Antonio, in four other US banks, including Citibank in Miami, Chile's La Tercera newspaper reported.

The accounts were discovered by the US State Department during its investigation of Pinochet's accounts at Riggs Bank.

A US Senate investigation found Riggs had ignored banking regulations to launder money in Pinochet's secret accounts between 1994 and 2002. The accounts held between $US4million ($5.5 million) and $US8 million.

Chilean Judge Sergio Munoz, who is investigating the Riggs case, will check on the newly discovered funds.
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Pinochet's freedom hangs in balance
By Clinton Porteous In Santiago
August 25, 2004

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Augusto Pinochet ... has never been tried for human rights violations.

The Chilean Supreme Court is today due to start hearing an appeal that could determine if Augusto Pinochet, one of South America's last military dictators living as a free man, is eventually put on trial over rights abuses.

The 88-year-old has has never faced court for human rights violations, even though a special commission found more than 3000 political opponents were killed during his 17-year rule.

He was famously put under house arrest in Britain for 17 months, but was eventually allowed to return to Chile on the grounds of poor health. The case against the former general has become more complicated since the revelation last month that he held secret US bank accounts that contain as much as $US8 million ($11 million).

Viviana Diaz, president of an association representing families of victims of the military dictatorship, believes the appeal will be rejected, clearing the way for Pinochet to face trial.

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