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Pinochet to Be Laid to Rest With No Honors
Former Chilean dictator, Gen. Augusto Pinochet, will be buried with no honors corresponding to the status of former head of the state. Chile’s government spokesman Ricardo Lagos said there would be neither the state mourning declared nor official status given to the burial.
But Gen. Augusto Pinochet will be buried with honors of war, Lagos said. The flags on the premises of Chilean Army will be dipped and the last respect to the former dictator will be paid in the Military Academy’s Chapel. The requiem mess is slated for December 12 and Pinochet will be buried on the same day, according to Reuters.
The former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, 91, died December 10 in Santiago military hospital of complications from a heart attack. Pinochet was hospitalized December 3.
The decision to bury Pinochet with no state honors roots not only in the crimes of his regime but also in fears of possible incidents that could happen during the funeral. The police of Santiago had to use tear gas and water guns to calm down the crowd celebrating the death of the former dictator.
Pinochet was the head of the military Junta that was reigning in Chile from 1973 to 1990. In time of Pinochet, roughly 3,000 Chileans were killed or went missing and around 28,000 were tortured.
All legal actions against Pinochet for human right violation proved futile. The former dictator had denied all accusations nearly till the very end. A week prior to hospitalization, however, his wife, Lucia Hiriart Pinochet, read a statement, where Pinochet took political responsibility for the crimes.
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