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Chile court overturns convictions for 1982 murder of former president Frei
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| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Jan 25, 2021 03:27pm |
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| Category | Investigation |
| Author | Reuters in Santiago |
| News Date | Monday, January 25, 2021 07:35:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Chile’s appeals court has overturned the convictions of six people for the murder of the former president, Eduardo Frei Montalva, in the 1980s during the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship.
The ex-president’s doctors, his chauffeur, an army officer and a former intelligence agent were sentenced to between three and 10 years in jail in January 2019 for the poisoning of 71-year-old Frei in a Santiago clinic in 1982.
Investigating Judge Alejandro Madrid determined that Frei died from an infection induced by toxins administered by Pinochet’s agents as he recovered from hernia surgery, while the doctors treating him covered up the poisoning.
But three judges sitting at the appeals court ruled on Monday that there had been insufficient evidence to make such a finding. |
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