He’s demented
Pinochet escapes trial—but is not quite found innocent
ALMOST three years after General Augusto Pinochet was arrested in London at the request of a Spanish judge, the attempt to bring Chile's former dictator to book for the crimes of his dictatorship has finally run into the sand. On July 9th a panel of three Appeals Court judges ruled by two to one that the general was “demented” and thus unable to defend himself in a trial. That angered the families of those murdered by the dictatorship, but also denied General Pinochet the dignified exit from public life that he craved.
This article appeared in the The Americas section of the print edition under the headline “He’s demented”
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