Chile Court Orders Extradition of Pinochet Official in Miami
Chile Court Orders Extradition of Pinochet Official in Miami
A march in Santiago, Chile demanding justice for Orlando Letelier, whose death was
ordered by Pinochet. | Photo: AFP
Published 13 July 2017 (17 hours 24 minutes ago)
The official has been accused by the court of involvement in crimes carried out in the context of "serious violation of human rights, massive and systematic."
An ex-Pinochet official currently residing in Miami, where he owns property and businesses, could face extradition by order of the Chilean Supreme Court.
Retired Pinochet era army officer Armando Fernandez Larios was indicted on charges of kidnapping and manslaughter, participating in the execution of a young communist activist named Manuel Sanhueza Mellado in July 1974.
Larios is also accused of having a role in the 1976 car bombing in Washington D.C. that killed Chile's former ambassador to the United States Orlando Letelier, a U.S. citizen who served under the leftist government of former President Salvador Allende.
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