Pinochet Lawyers Want Judge Off Case
Lawyers for Augusto Pinochet on Thursday requested that the judge handling the former dictator’s case be removed, claiming that he has harassed Pinochet.
Lawyer Jose Eyzaguirre said he had asked the Supreme Court to remove Judge Juan Guzman, who last month indicted Pinochet for kidnapping and homicide, from the case.
Eyzaguirre also said Pinochet will not comply for now with the judge’s order that he undergo tests this weekend to determine if he is mentally fit to stand trial.
His lawyers had urged him not to take the tests.
Pinochet’s lawyers have been angered by Guzman’s attempts to renew his indictment of the former dictator on charges connected with the “Caravan of Death,” a military group that is accused of executing 72 political prisoners shortly after the 1973 coup Pinochet led.
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