PINOCHET
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP):
THE WIFE and four grown children of General Augusto Pinochet were indicted and ordered arrested yesterday on charges of tax evasion related to the former dictator's multi-million-dollar accounts at overseas banks, according to a judge's resolution read on state television.
Judge Carlos Cerda also granted freedom on bail to Pinochet's wife, Lucia Hiriart and four of his five children - Lucia, Veronica, Jacqueline and Marco Antonio - a benefit that must be upheld by the Santiago Court of Appeals. An older son, also named Augusto, was not indicted.
Also indicted were a lawyer and a secretary for Pinochet and the wife of Marco Antonio, his younger son.
Bail figures ranged from 3 million pesos (US$5,600) to 300,000 pesos (US$560).
The combined alleged tax evasion by the Pinochet family mentioned in the resolution amounts to 1,08 billion pesos (US$2.05 million).
