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...This ruling is the result of political pressures over the court," prosecution lawyer Eduardo Contreras said after the ruling. "But Pinochet will still go into history as having been indicted on human rights charges...
...That impressive medical chart was apparently enough to convince the three-judge panel to vote 2-1 to suspend legal action against the former dictator, much to the chagrin of prosecutors. Pinochet was to be tried for his role in covering up 57 murders and 18 disappearances during the so-called "caravan of death" after his 1973 military coup...
General Augusto Pinochet's failing health will spare him a trial, according to a ruling issued early this morning by a Santiago court...
...Pinochet, 85, who ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990, is suffering from a host of ailments, ranging from high blood pressure and diabetes to arthritis. He has had three mild strokes in as many years and has a pacemaker; last week, he spent six days in the hospital, where he received treatment for high blood pressure...
...Among the likely pressures on the judges was the possibility that a Pinochet trial would tear Chile in two, according to Cristobal Edwards, a TIME correspondent in Santiago. With Chileans divided between intense love and hate for their former ruler, a trial could have spurred a social civil war. "For months they've been trying to find a way out that suits everyone's needs," says Edwards...