Identity
Current Charges
- Military coup and authoritarian rule.
- Political killings and disappearances.
- Torture and detention of opponents.
- Suppression of democratic institutions.
Full Bio
Augusto Pinochet was a Chilean army general who led a 1973 coup and ruled Chile as head of a military junta. His regime was associated with political killings, torture, disappearances, exile, and suppression of opposition.