The former Chilean dictator rigged his country's constitution so that he can never be held accountable there for 17 years' worth of human-rights abuses his regime carried out. Now comes a test of his clout outside Chile. Pinochet, 82, was arrested at a London clinic Friday after a Spanish judge requested extradition on charges that the former general is responsible for the torture and murder of scores of Spanish citizens. Chile is protesting.
Pinochet Arrest
The former Chilean dictator rigged his country's constitution so that he can never be held accountable there for 17 years' worth of human-rights abuses his regime carried out. Now comes a test of his clout outside Chile. Pinochet, 82, was arrested at a London clinic Friday after a Spanish judge requested extradition on charges that the former general is responsible for the torture and murder of scores of Spanish citizens. Chile is protesting.
