Nation Predicts U.S. Will Reject Asylum Bid
From Times Wire Reports
Chile said it was confident that the United States would reject a political asylum request from the eldest daughter of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, who fled her country because of tax fraud charges.
Lucia Pinochet Hiriart was taken into Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody late Wednesday in Washington after nearly a day of questioning.
She is considered a fugitive in Chile because of a widening tax evasion and fraud investigation involving the Pinochet family.
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