Pinochet Hospitalized for Stroke Symptoms
Gen. Augusto Pinochet was rushed to a hospital in Santiago, Chile’s capital, hours after a retired army general blamed the former dictator for dozens of political killings in 1973.
Pinochet, 85, suffered “strong headaches, briefly lost consciousness and has a minor loss of strength in the left side of his body,” the Santiago Military Hospital said in a statement, describing symptoms that could suggest a stroke.
On Thursday night, retired Gen. Joaquin Lagos said Pinochet was responsible for political killings in a case involving the “Caravan of Death,” a military squad that executed 72 political prisoners after Pinochet’s 1973 coup.
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