US Edition“Removal of Public Funds”: Court Orders Pinochet’s Heirs to Return More than Us$ 16 Million to the Treasury
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Chilean justice has determined this Tuesday that the heirs of Augusto Pinochet, the head of the military regime that extended for 17 years (1973-1990) in the South American country, will have to repay 16 million dollars to the State of Chile for the damage caused by the military, which was determined in the Riggs investigation, where the theft of public flows by the dictator was investigated.
The Seventh Civil Court of Santiago accepted the claim in full for the benefit of the other person's wrong filed by the Council of Defense of the State.
The judgement of the Seventh Civil Court of Santiago received a complaint from the Council of Defense of the State to recover the embezzled money.
Chile’s justice ordered the heirs of the dictator Augusto Pinochet (1915-2006) to return $16 million to the Treasury, a property obtained by the “subtraction of public funds” incurred by the former military, and which were distributed to his successors after his death. This decision by the Seventh Civil Court of Santiago responds to the demand of the Council of Defense of the State (CDE) to recover the money embezzled by Pinochet that had not ye…
Chilean justice orders Pinochet's heirs to return millions of dollars that were stolen by the ex-dictator Published: 24-07-2025 / redpres.com Photo Flickr Photo Service/Marcelo Montecino The ruling, which can be appealed, forces the ex-dictator's family to return ...
The Seventh Civil Court of Santiago ordered the heirs of the former dictator Augusto Pinochet to return $16.2 million to the State of Chile in the Riggs case. The ruling, at first instance, welcomes the lawsuit filed by the Council of Defense of the State (CDE), which sought to recover part of the public funds embezzled by the military civic regime between 1973 and 1990. The defendants include the descendants of the former commander-in-chief of …
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