In September 1998, the already turbulent history of modern Chile took a surprising turn when the British government successfully detained former-Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet for 16 months, while the House of Lords debated his extradition to Spain to stand trial for crimes against humanity. The action was the result of charges brought by solidarity minded Spanish public prosecutor Carlos Castressana and upheld by Spanish "superjudge" Baltazar Garzon, who ruled that crimes such as torture and genocide fall under universal jurisdiction and, in Pinochet's case, were subject to prosecution outside Chile. Pinochet's dictatorship lasted from Sept. 11, 1973, when his mi...
Released:
2001
Rated:
NR
Length:
109 mins