With hate and scars that will never heal, the leftist Judge Carlos Cerda ordered the arrests of the widow and five children of General Augusto Pinochet and 17 of his closest military and civilian collaborators on charges related to U.S. bank accounts , exactly during the worst political moments of the Chilean government.
Those indicted also included at least four retired army generals — Jorge Ballerino, Guillermo Garin, Juan Romero and Hector Letelier — as well as lower-ranking officers, Pinochet’s longtime secretary Monica Ananias and one of his attorneys, Ambrosio Rodriguez.
Pinochet’s family and his associates steadfastly denied any wrongdoing, insisting the sources of the bank accounts were legitimate savings and investments, plus donations Pinochet received.
As a matter of fact, Judge Cerda will receive 88 million pesos as a reward during this week in US He was nominated by former socialist president Ricardo Lagos to Court, but the Chilean Congress denied the president proposal.
General Pinochet is described as a patriot who “saved” his homeland from communism by staging a coup on Sept. 11, 1973, against leftist President Salvador Allende.
Many Chileans are bitter that each time the president has to face with problems the figure of Augusto Pinochet appears, and people’s sufferings continue unsolved
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