Chilean Dictatorship's Victims Go After Pinochet's Lawyer

[Snazzy]

RIGHTS-SPAIN:
Chilean Dictatorship's Victims Go After Pinochet's Lawyer

Alicia Fraerman


MADRID, Sep 6 (IPS) - Representatives of more than 5,000 survivors of the Chilean dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet and the families of victims brought a lawsuit Monday against the former dictator's executor, Oscar Aitken, in the Spanish capital.

The legal action was filed in the court of Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzón, and urges him to investigate the elderly former dictator's lawyer on charges of money laundering and fraudulent bankruptcy.

The lawsuit, brought by Spanish lawyers Joan Garcés and Manuel Murillo on behalf of survivors of Chile's 1973-1990 de facto military regime and the relatives of victims, will be incorporated in the legal proceedings opened against Pinochet by Garzón in February 1996 in Spain.

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The expansion of the lawsuit presented Monday in Madrid is based on the report "Money Laundering and Foreign Corruption: Enforcement and Effectiveness of the Patriot Act, a case study involving Riggs Bank".

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http://www.ipsnews.net/africa/interna.asp?idnews=25365

I also just added some recent Pinochet articles to this Mark Thatcher thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x805328

[the Kelly Gang]

1. never give up the fight against these fascist bastards

[struggle4progress]

2. kick

:kick:

[seemslikeadream]

3. September 7 1986

Armed left-wing opponents ambush former Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet's motorcade with bazookas and automatic gunfire in a failed assassination attempt.


:hi:

[MisterP]

4. don't tell the AEI and their fellow Thatcherites:

they're ga-ga over the Miracle of Chile.