State terrorism

Pressure to Prosecute Pinochet Mounts

December 1998
Jim Lobe

Six weeks after the arrest in London of Gen. Augusto Pinochet, the pressure on the administration of US President Clinton to indict the former Chilean dictator for murders his secret police committed here 22 years ago is mounting steadily.

Pursuing Pinochet: The Case We Made, 22 Years Ago

December 1998
E. Lawrence Barcella Jr

With Pinochet's recent arrest in London, the US authorities should determine whether or not the evidence against the 'senator-for-life' has now reached a level at which his indictment in the Letelier case is appropriate.

US Will Release Files on Crimes Under Pinochet

December 1998
Tim Weiner

Treading into a political and diplomatic confrontation it tried to avoid, the US has decided to declassify some secret government documents on the killing and torture conducted by the former
Chilean dictator, Augusto Pinochet.

Extracts from General Pinochet's Statement

November 1998
TNI

Extracts from the first statement by former dictator General Augusto Pinochet since being arrested in London.

US Wants to Question Pinochet About Bombing

November 1998
Frank Davies

High-level US officials are discussing a possible extradition request to bring Augusto Pinochet, the former Chilean strongman now held in London, to the United States to face questions the terrorist attack that killed Orlando Letelier and Ronni Moffitt.

Bomb Survivors Push US on Pinochet

October 1998
Kevin Galbin

Survivors of a Chilean diplomat and his American aide who were assassinated in Washington by agents of former dictator Pinochet's government are urging the Clinton administration to reopen an investigation of Pinochet's involvement in the attack.

Pinochet Response by US Faulted

October 1998
Mark Matthews

The Clinton administration's noncommittal reaction to the arrest in Britain of Chile's former dictator Augusto Pinochet has baffled and angered human rights activists.

Dictatorships and Double Standards

October 1998
Jim Lobe

Since former Chilean dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet was put under house arrest in London, the US administration has acted as if it had no conceivable interest in the ex-dictator's fate.

Human Rights Watch Urges US to Get Involved in Pinochet Case

October 1998
Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch today urged the United States government to publicly support and promote the extradition of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet to Spain.

Clinton Pressed to Cooperate on Pinochet Extradition

October 1998
Jim Lobe

A group of US congressmen want Clinton to hand over classified US material to Judge Baltasar Garzón relating to Pinochet's alleged role in 'international terrorism' in Latin America and elsewhere.