Charges dropped for Pinochet kin
From Times Wire Reports
Chile’s Supreme Court threw out embezzlement indictments that led to the brief detention of the widow and four children of dictator Augusto Pinochet.
Justice Eduardo Chaigneau said a court panel voted 5 to 0 that Pinochet’s widow and children could not be accused of embezzling government funds because they had never been government employees.
The ruling also dropped charges against eight former aides.
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