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They didn't. Late last Friday night, while still recovering from surgery in London for a herniated disc, Pinochet, 82, was awakened by police and told that he was under arrest. A Spanish court, which has been trying Pinochet in absentia for allegedly ordering the execution of leftist Spaniards living in Chile in the 1970s, had issued an extradition warrant days earlier. Scotland Yard detectives said Pinochet, who is being held at the London Clinic, would eventually appear at an extradition hearing before a British magistrate. The move stunned Pinochet's boosters and critics alike, making it clear that...
...given $1,000, in part to pay for a mobile phone to facilitate contacts with Shin Bet; and that his Shin Bet handlers helped him travel to Jerusalem three times, during which time he scouted targets. The Israelis claim that they had asked the Palestinian Authority to arrest Sarsour before his crimes; the P.A. says he was never on its list...
Forget the Asian crisis -- the greatest threat to Chile's stability is the arrest of its former dictator. Britain's detention of General Augusto Pinochet pending a Spanish extradition request has turned Santiago's prosperous streets into a battleground, and there was more bad news for the general on Wednesday: British legislators backed attempts to charge Pinochet in London should Spain's extradition request fail. That's a big headache for Chile's president, Eduardo Frei. "Roughly half the population is pro-Pinochet, with the other half fiercely opposed," says TIME Latin America bureau chief Tim Padgett. While few deny...
Pinochet was made a lifelong senator--with diplomatic status--by a new constitution his government drafted, and, under the terms of diplomatic immunity, Chile is protesting his arrest...
Myers said he reacted with surprise and satisfaction to the news of Pinochet's arrest last week...