Pinochet Charged
Former Chilean dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet was indicted and put under house arrest Wednesday on charges of tax evasion and corruption related to his multimillion-dollar overseas accounts, state television reported.
The indictment and arrest order issued by Judge Carlos Cerda were communicated to Pinochet by a court official at his suburban Santiago mansion, the report said.
It was the first time the retired general, who turns 90 on Friday, was indicted for charges not related to the massive human rights abuses during his 1973-90 dictatorship.
This seems reminiscent of Al Capone who was charged with, and convicted on, tax evasion. As one comment on John Murney’s blog points out, it worked…
Source: MSNBC.
There are currently no comments on this thread.