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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Auguste Pinochet

Auguste Pinochet stories: 2 news summaries

Spanish Judge to Investigate Torture at Gitmo

Declassified memos show there were abuses, Garzon says

Apr 29, 09 2:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Spanish judge has launched a probe into allegations of torture at the American prison at Guantanamo Bay, AFP reports. Baltasar Garzon initiated the investigation after reading statements by Spanish citizen Hamed Abderrahman Ahmed and three other prisoners about their treatment there. Garzon also said that the memos recently declassified... More »

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Bush administration • torture • terrorism • Spain • Guantanamo Bay • Augusto Pinochet • Auguste Pinochet • legal action • Baltasar Garzon

Warrants May Shed Light on
South American
Dirty War

Governments colluded to murder adversaries

Dec 25, 07 8:04 PM CST
(Newser) - An Italian judge has issued arrest warrants for nearly 150 people in Latin America accused of helping their governments hunt down and kill leftist opponents in the 1970s. The warrants could shed new light on the so-called Operation Condor, an extraordinary scheme in which South American governments cooperated with each... More »

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Brazil • Bolivia • Peru • Chile • Paraguay • Argentina • Uruguay • assassination • Operation Condor • Nestor Jorge Fernandez Troccoli • Auguste Pinochet • Jorge Rafael Videla • Emilio Eduardo Massera • Jorge Maria Bordaberry

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