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Friday, December 1, 2000
Volume:
16
Issue:
12
1053
Abstract:
On October 27, 2000, the Argentine Government formally requested the extradition of Chilean former head of state Augusto Pinochet in connection with the 1974 assassination of Gen. Carlos Prats, a former Chilean general who was living in Argentina at the time of his assassination.
According to prosecutor Jorge Alvarez Berlanda, Federal Judge Juan José Galeano made the request and also requested Interpol to preventively detain Pinochet so that he can be extradited...[more]