Indictment and arrest of Augusto Pinochet

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General Augusto Pinochet ruled Chile as head of a military junta from 1973 to 1990. He was indicted for human rights violations committed in Chile under his rule by Spanish magistrate Baltasar Garzón in 1998. He was arrested in London six days later, the first foreign head of state to be detained under the principle of Universal Jurisdiction. Following his detention, he was held under house arrest for a year and a half, before being released by the British government in 2000 following a series of landmark extradition hearings. Authorised to return to Chile, Pinochet was subsequently indicted by judge Juan Guzmán Tapia and charged with several crimes. He died in 2006 without having been convicted. Pinochet led the 1973 coup, backed by a number of citizens, which deposed Socialist President Salvador Allende. His 17-year regime was notorious for many human rights violations. Among the most notable of these was Operation Condor, an clandestine effort to suppress left-wing political opponents...

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