Pinochet Spy Chiefs Charged in 1974 Slaying
From Times Wire Reports
Five top officers in ex-dictator Augusto Pinochet’s secret police were charged in the 1974 killing of a dissident army general.
Retired Gen. Manuel Contreras, head of the DINA secret police at the time; his deputy, Pedro Espinoza; and three other high-ranking spies are accused of masterminding the car-bomb killing of Gen. Carlos Prats and his wife in Buenos Aires. All have denied the charges, lawyers said.
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