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Mon Oct-10-05 02:51 AM Original message |
| JUDGE IN CHILE SETS PINOCHET’S SECRET FORTUNE AT US$27 MILLION |
 Amount May Be Greater, Once Further Inquiries Are Responded To (Oct. 10, 2005) Former Chilean dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet channeled US$27 million into secret foreign bank accounts over a period of 25 years while he led the nation and its army, said investigating Judge Sergio Muñoz late last week. Judge Muñoz provided a detailed, eleven page power-point explanation of Pinochet’s suspect wealth and financial dealings to both defense and plaintiffs’ attorneys last Thursday afternoon, the combined effort of his investigation and an investigation carried out by Brilac, a special police unit devoted to money laundering investigations. The investigation confirmed that Pinochet used more than 120 different bank accounts or financial instruments to hide his wealth, and that the US$26,992,712.02 total is an accurate count. Pinochet’s defense attorneys said that the former dictator’s secret wealth has been widely exaggerated because monies that were moved from one account to another were tallied two or three times by investigating authorities. Following Judge Muñoz’s presentation, they said they would conduct an audit of their own. The bulk of the money – US$20 million – was deposited in Pinochet’s secret accounts after he stepped down as president in 1990, Muñoz said. He added that the former dictator brought US$5.6 million back into Chile between 1991 and 2004 without making proper declarations to tax authorities. ... Judge Muñoz is seeking to strip Pinochet of the legal immunity he enjoys as a former head of state so that he may be prosecuted for tax fraud in the Riggs Bank case. Muñoz has also indicted Pinochet family members and a small circle of close associates for tax fraud related crimes. Pinochet’s wife Lucia Hiriart was arrested as an accomplice to tax fraud, as was his youngest son, Marco Antonio (ST, Aug. 12). Both were freed upon payment of bail. more http://www.tcgnews.com/santiagotimes/index.php?nav=story&story_id=10090&topic_id=1 |
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Mon Oct-10-05 02:56 AM Response to Original message |
| 1. PLOT THICKENS IN CHILE’S WEAPONS TRAFFICKING CASES |
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PLOT THICKENS IN CHILE’S WEAPONS TRAFFICKING CASES
 Judge Links Col. Huber’s Death To Pinochet’s Arms Laundering (Oct. 6, 2005) Investigations into illegal weapons sales to Croatia in the early 1990s and the mysterious death of Col. Gerardo Huber advanced rapidly this week, as new discoveries from the Riggs Bank case shed light on the motives behind decades of arms purchases, bribes, murders and – perhaps – the origin of former dictator Augusto Pinochet’s secret wealth. New evidence discovered by Judge Claudio Pavez has conclusively linked Huber’s 1992 death to the Riggs Bank case, an inquiry into former Gen. Augusto Pinochet’s private fortune, which is hidden in numerous offshore bank accounts. Pavez, lead investigator for the court reviewing the Huber case, asked for the appointment of a civilian judge to his military panel of investigators on Sept 27. Col. Huber disappeared on Jan. 29, 1992, two months after United Nations (UN) officials in Hungary seized a Chilean shipment of weapons bound for the Balkan state of Croatia. The country was then under a UN arms embargo for its part in the Balkan War and the weapons shipment was illegal. As the Chief of Acquisitions for Chile’s army at the time, Huber was expected to appear in court to testify about his role in the illegal arms deal. Shortly before he disappeared he implicated Gen. Carlos Krumm, director of logistics for the army, as a participant in the weapons sale. Huber’s body was found floating in the Maipo River three weeks later. more http://www.tcgnews.com/santiagotimes/index.php?nav=story&story_id=10073&topic_id=1 |
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Mon Oct-10-05 03:15 AM Response to Original message |
| 2. Not to rain on anyone's parade but... |
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Mon Oct-10-05 03:20 AM Response to Reply #2 |
| 3. It's not how much but what bank it was going through |
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Mon Oct-10-05 04:54 AM Response to Reply #3 |
| 6. There would be no corruption in developing countries |
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Mon Oct-10-05 03:52 AM Response to Reply #2 |
| 4. Considering Argentina was poor (and still is) |
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Mon Oct-10-05 04:17 AM Response to Reply #4 |
| 5. Well I thought BAE was paying him a lot more than this. |
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Mon Oct-10-05 04:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
| 14. The money is only a small part of the bigger picture, the Pinochet regime |
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was responsible for thousands of deaths--they're still exposing what happened during his nearly two decade reign of terror that the USSA supported even though they carried out acts of terrorism on US soil and the entire planet was outraged at the human rights abuses in Chile.
<clips> The 35 torture charges facing Pinochet The charges faced by the former Chilean leader, General Augusto Pinochet include allegations that his victims were tortured with electric shocks, beatings, sexual abuse and threats of rape. In five of the cases the torture was followed by death. At Monday's hearing Britain's Crown Prosecution Service, acting for Spain, detailed 34 alleged specific cases of torture and one charge of conspiracy to torture, all dating from December 1988 to December 1989. CPS barrister Alun Jones said the charges "constitute some of the most serious allegations of crime ever to come before English criminal courts". http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/458990.stm  |
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Mon Oct-10-05 07:29 PM Response to Reply #14 |
| 16. He's probably had to dip into his stealings, er, savings a lot for legal |
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fees, etc., etc. since having left "office," and has used a lot up already. It's not easy being a mass, mass murderer/torturer/Nixon collaborator and trying to fend off a nation which is mad as hell about what you've done.
I think it's heavenly that they are going after all five torturer/ghoul/blood feaster offspring, too, as well as the torturer's hag. They've been enjoying the ill-gotten gains long enough.  Killer hands across the water |
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Mon Oct-10-05 08:35 PM Response to Reply #16 |
| 18. Dozens of investigations for Pinochet... |
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gotta cost plenty of $$$$$ and then the entire family is being investigated so I guess we can multiply the figure by seven if we include the five kids. May they live long and suffer the way they brought suffering to so many thousands.
Torturer and murderer Manuel Contreras stated that he was surprised that Pinochet had that kind of money, after all, said he, "Pinochet was only a soldier". LOL Chickens coming home to roost. Here'a quote: "The problem with Pinochet is that he got quite a lot," General Contreras said. Army wages were very low, he said, even for someone as senior as General Pinochet. http://www.odiousdebts.org/odiousdebts/index.cfm?DSP=content&ContentID=12025  Pinochet and Contreras during the Reign of Terror  Contreras on his way to jail. Check the Coke can flying through the air. |
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Tue Oct-11-05 07:59 PM Response to Reply #16 |
| 22. I think you started a topic on this a few days ago |
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Tue Oct-11-05 07:51 PM Response to Reply #5 |
| 21. BAE paid him "more than £1 million" according to the Guardian report |
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Mon Oct-10-05 03:49 PM Response to Reply #4 |
| 13. Sammy, you're on the wrong side of the Andes--you mean Chile |
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but the fact that we propped up this murderous thug and supported the overthrow of the democratically elected Allende is dispicable.
Peace!! S_W  |
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Tue Oct-11-05 03:04 PM Response to Reply #13 |
| 19. MY bad. . .I always get my US Supported South American murdering dictators |
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Tue Oct-11-05 05:16 PM Response to Reply #19 |
| 20. 30,000 disappeared in Argentina and they were active in Operation Condor |
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with Pinochet and the infamous General Contreras's DINA. And whatdayaknown good ol' Henry Kissinger was involved in Argentina too!! Why am I not surprised. :sarcasm:
<clips> KISSINGER TO ARGENTINES ON DIRTY WAR: "THE QUICKER YOU SUCCEED THE BETTER" Newly declassified documents show Secretary of State gave green light to junta, Contradict official line that Argentines "heard only what {they} wanted to hear." While military dictatorship committed massive human rights abuses in 1976, Kissinger advised "If you can finish before Congress gets back, the better." http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB104/ Here's another interesting website. http://www.moreorless.au.com/killers/videla.html  U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger meets with Argentine foreign minister, Admiral Cesar Augusto Guzzetti, on October 7, 1976 (Photo courtesy of Clarín.com (Argentina), |
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Mon Oct-10-05 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
| 7. JUDGE IN CHILE SETS PINOCHET’S SECRET FORTUNE AT US$27 MILLION |
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Something to watch for this week is that the Chilean Supreme Court will decide if a lower court decision to strip Pinochet of his legal immunity will stand.
<clips> (Oct. 10, 2005) Former Chilean dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet channeled US$27 million into secret foreign bank accounts over a period of 25 years while he led the nation and its army, said investigating Judge Sergio Muñoz late last week. ...Attorneys attending the briefing said it was though they were sitting in a professional seminar about money laundering techniques, and that what most struck their attention was the ballooning of Pinochet’s suspect wealth after he left the presidency in 1990 to become the army’s commander-in-chief. Muñoz’s charts showed that the former dictator feathered his nest during his 17-year rule of the country with money taken from a special presidential fund (gastos reservados), but that his foreign bank account holdings increased dramatically, by a factor of 10, once he left the presidency in 1990 to resume his position as Army commander-in-chief. This income is apparently the result of arms sale kick-backs received while he remained as commander-in-chief of Chile’s army, a position he held until 1998. Suspected kick-backs to the former dictator from arms sales have been headline news in Chile in recent months, and have been linked to two long unsolved, high-profile homicide cases: the 1979 murder of six-year-old Rodrigo Anfruns and the 1992 murder of Army Col. Gerardo Huber (ST, Oct. 6). Judge Muñoz is seeking to strip Pinochet of the legal immunity he enjoys as a former head of state so that he may be prosecuted for tax fraud in the Riggs Bank case. Muñoz has also indicted Pinochet family members and a small circle of close associates for tax fraud related crimes. Pinochet’s wife Lucia Hiriart was arrested as an accomplice to tax fraud, as was his youngest son, Marco Antonio (ST, Aug. 12). Both were freed upon payment of bail. http://www.tcgnews.com/santiagotimes/index.php?nav=story&story_id=10090&topic_id=1   |
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Mon Oct-10-05 03:30 PM Response to Reply #7 |
| 8. Freepers just love him |
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Mon Oct-10-05 03:30 PM Response to Reply #8 |
| 10. Yeah, from the "shackles" of the flesh... |
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Mon Oct-10-05 03:30 PM Response to Reply #8 |
| 11. Cuban exile terrorists in Miami are Pinochet worshippers too |
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Also, Bush pal and terrorist Bosch-Avila spent a year in Chile where Pinochet recognized him as the president of the Cuban government in exile.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/08/27/world/main639051.shtml  |
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Mon Oct-10-05 03:30 PM Response to Reply #7 |
| 9. Only $27 million? |
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Mon Oct-10-05 03:30 PM Response to Reply #9 |
| 12. If you READ the article |
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you'll see the following paragraph:
Muñoz said Pinochet’s secret fortune could be even greater, once Chile receives responses to official court inquiries sent to banking authorities in Switzerland, Venezuela, Germany, the United States and the Caiman Islands.  |
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Mon Oct-10-05 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
| 15. THEY DANCE ALONE |
 Why are there women here dancing on their own? Why is there this sadness in their eyes? Why are the soldiers here Their faces fixed like stone? I can't see what it is that they dispise They're dancing with the missing They're dancing with the dead They dance with the invisible ones Their anguish is unsaid They're dancing with their fathers They're dancing with their sons They're dancing with their husbands They dance alone They dance alone  It's the only form of protest they're allowed I've seen their silent faces scream so loud If they were to speak these words they'd go missing too Another woman on a torture table what else can they do They're dancing with the missing They're dancing with the dead They dance with the invisible ones Their anguish is unsaid They're dancing with their fathers They're dancing with their sons They're dancing with their husbands They dance alone They dance alone  One day we'll dance on their graves One day we'll sing our freedom One day we'll laugh in our joy And we'll dance One day we'll dance on their graves One day we'll sing our freedom One day we'll laugh in our joy And we'll dance  Ellas danzan con los desaparecidos Ellas danzan con los muertos Ellas danzan con amores invisibles Ellas danzan con silenciosa angustia Danzan con sus pardres Danzan con sus hijos Danzan con sus esposos Ellas danzan solas Danzan solas  Hey Mr. Pinochet You've sown a bitter crop It's foreign money that supports you One day the money's going to stop No wages for your torturers No budget for your guns  Can you think of your own mother Dancin' with her invisible son They're dancing with the missing They're dancing with the dead They dance with the invisible ones They're anguish is unsaid They're dancing with their fathers They're dancing with their sons They're dancing with their husbands They dance alone STING |
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Mon Oct-10-05 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
| 17. Countdown for the DU OLDABB (Ony Lefty Dictators Are Bad Brigade) |
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