Augusto Pinochet 'amassed $21m fortune'

Source: Associated Press

Augusto Pinochet 'amassed $21m fortune'
Saturday, 5 June 2010

Chile's late dictator Augusto Pinochet amassed a fortune of 21 million US dollars, of which less than 10% is justified by his military salary, a report has claimed.

That's the conclusion of a University of Chile study ordered by the country's Supreme Court to support an investigation into allegations of illegal enrichment.

Lawyers for dictatorship victims said the study supports allegations Pinochet took bribes or commissions from weapons sales.

The government began probing Pinochet's wealth in 2004 after secret US bank accounts were discovered. For this and for human rights violations, Pinochet was under house arrest when he died in 2006.



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Race to Freeze Pinochet's Alleged Fortune in Gold
By Daniela Estrada

SANTIAGO, Oct 25, 2006 (IPS) - Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet (1973-1990) has 160 million dollars worth of gold deposited in his name in a Hong Kong bank, according to information that the government of President Michelle Bachelet has passed on to the courts. Now, every minute counts to prevent the alleged fortune in gold from being hidden once again.

"We have always said that Pinochet's fortune exceeded 100 million dollars," stated Jorge Insunza, lawyer for the plaintiffs in the so-called Riggs case, in which the 90-year-old former dictator is being investigated and prosecuted for embezzlement and tax evasion.

The case opened in 2004 after the U.S. Senate reported that secret accounts in the Washington, D.C.-based Riggs Bank and other financial institutions around the world held millions of dollars in the names of Pinochet, his family and cronies.

Insunza was reacting to reports that were published Wednesday by the local newspapers El Mercurio and La Nación and confirmed by Chilean Foreign Minister Alejandro Foxley, who said Pinochet may be holding 9,000 kg of gold in the Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corp (HSBC).

Insunza said he believes the origin of the fortune lies in "commissions from arms sales."

Foxley confirmed Wednesday that the Foreign Ministry had received the information a few days previously and immediately relayed it to the Santiago Court of Appeals and the State Defence Council (CDE), which is representing and advising the state in prosecutions against Pinochet.

The minister said the information reached the Foreign Ministry "through some of our diplomatic missions abroad," but did not provide further details.

"The important thing is for the information to be processed and analysed quickly, and for precautionary measures to be taken without delay. After that, a thorough but swift investigation must be carried out," said Foxley.

The CDE stated in a communiqué Wednesday that the Foreign Ministry informed it on Monday of a supposed deposit of gold in the name of Augusto Pinochet in the HSBC, and provided "legible photocopies of commercial certificates and documents on the transaction."

The prosecutors have asked the courts to take precautionary measures to prevent any gold or funds from being moved.

Judge Sergio Muñoz, who was previously handling the Riggs case, established that the retired general amassed a fortune of at least 26.9 million dollars, and evaded paying 8.77 billion pesos (16 million dollars) in taxes.

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in his fucking grave. :(

http://ricardosblog.com.nyud.net:8090/images/pinochetn1.jpg

Mourners at Pinochet's funeral!

http://image.guardian.co.uk.nyud.net:8090/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/steve_bell/2006/12/12/stevebell1212a.jpg

http://www.freakingnews.com.nyud.net:8090/pictures/25000/Henry-Kissinger-Augusto-Pinochet-----25342.jpg

http://www.20minutos.es.nyud.net:8090/data/img/2006/12/11/539329.jpg

http://1.bp.blogspot.com.nyud.net:8090/_XeRnkgFEHn8/S032_1cKGOI/AAAAAAAAEiM/C3a6rajBe80/s400/Pinochet-kissinger.jpg http://www.ua.es.nyud.net:8090/up/pinochet/imagenes/foto_pinochet10g.jpg

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Lorena Pizarro, president of an association of relatives of the dictatorship’s victims, called Pinochet genocidal and said it was ironic he had died “on 10 December 10, the international day of human rights.”

~snip~
”I don’t see why we need to stand by and watch a country go communist due to the irresponsibility of its own people. The issues are much too important for the Chilean voters to be left to decide for themselves.”/ - Henry Kissinger

*An open letter to Henry Kissinger*

I was not an “irresponsible” Chilean sir, but I did pay the heavy price of your words.

~~~
http://dearkitty.blogsome.com/2006/12/10/chile-people-celebrate-death-of-bloody-dictator-pinochet/

in his palace with his loving, fascist family.

Whether he was happy or not, I can't say. But there was truly no justice for his crimes.

Fun fact: Leftover Chilean military and their children are a significant part of Blackwater's recruiting pool.

:rofl:

I swear, every time I watch the end of that movie, I want to dig his corpse up and beat it to pieces with a garden hoe

Real great team you supported there, Kissinger.

Don't let them off so easy!

When in Chile, I spoke with a massacre witness. They lined up liberals on a bridge and machine gunned them into the river to float out to sea!

...were made out by H. Kissinger?

Bank with close ties to Bush administration engulfed in scandal

Of course, there's more to the story...

The Riggs Bank Scandal: Pinochet, the CIA, Saudis, 9/11...and...Jonathan Bush!

It gets personal...



Beat the BFEE: Poppy’s CIA warned about terror plots and did not stop them

can be traced back to the US government.

And we complain because people attack us when it is us that started it.
There is only one way to stop the cartel of money and corrupt people.

Bring the RICO Act into play. They are no different than the Mafia

Everything that is wrong in the world today can be traced to American conservatives.

There is enough blame and fingers for everyone.

Democrats may not be as guilty but they also have guilt.

Long before the US existed, powerful nations were exploiting weaker ones. We didn't invent this stuff, nor are we its only practitioners today.

at ALL costs, and that everyone different from them is inferior. Imagine that! Inferior to an American conservative!

Any decent knowledge of American policy in Latin America will support your view.

For a dictator, I'm surprised it's not a billion. Kinda like Dr. Evil demanding one million dollars. :)

Pinochet is a piker compared to Deferment Dick.

and extra-judicial assassinations.

The $21,000,000.00, if THAT'S you meant, refers to some of the crap they can hold up with proof right now. Most people who've researched are very aware there's far more than that. He had holdings hidden all over the world, a ton protected by the Riggs bank in the U.S., but a ton hidden in Switzerland, and accessible to his children.

As for the filthy, evil, barbaric, inhuman behavior toward human beings, there are few in our lifetimes who've been worse, and it was done with the approval of the right-wing U.S. President. His world-famous chief torturer was Osvaldo Romo.

http://critica.uchile.cl.nyud.net:8090/imagen/portadas/romo.jpg http://focus007.files.wordpress.com.nyud.net:8090/2007/07/romo_mena.jpg http://1.bp.blogspot.com.nyud.net:8090/_Hb3dzk293SU/Rou-PkIBAHI/AAAAAAAAAAs/BCFs5_YEsVI/s320/File_200774111010.jpg http://www.elrancahuaso.cl.nyud.net:8090/tmp_images/202/noticia_10060_normal.jpg

What are the odds?