Pinochet suffers heart attack
Former Chilean military ruler in a “serious but stable” condition in hospital.
Pinochet’s heart attack comes less than a week after he was ordered to remain under house arrest for the killings of two presidential bodyguards in 1973.
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Augusto Pinochet, the former military ruler of Chile. |
His health has been poor in recent years, leading to two cases in which he was charged with dozens of murders and kidnappings being thrown out of court.
The statement, which was read by his wife, Lucia, at their home, acknowledged his ill health.
Pinochet has been put under house arrest accused of human rights abuses during his 1973-1990 rule.
Both were executed by firing squad four weeks later, the military government announced at the time.
During Pinochet’s rule, 3,197 people were killed for political reasons according to an independent commission report.