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Work during summer internship may aid in extradition of Pinochet to Spain. That'd look nice on a resume...
...arrest of its former dictator. Britain's detention of General Augusto Pinochet pending a Spanish extradition request has turned Santiago's prosperous streets into a battleground, and there was more bad news for the general on Wednesday: British legislators backed attempts to charge Pinochet in London should Spain's extradition request fail. That's a big headache for Chile's president, Eduardo Frei. "Roughly half the population is pro-Pinochet, with the other half fiercely opposed," says TIME Latin America bureau chief Tim Padgett. While few deny the brutality of his junta, supporters believe the prosperity and stability Pinochet brought...
...Frei knows Chile's leverage with Britain and Spain is limited, but he'll keep fighting for Pinochet's release in order to placate his own military -- a good idea, since the general's immunity was the military's precondition for ending its dictatorship...
...extradited to Spain, however, the full charges of genocide, kidnapping and crimes against humanity will be brought against Pinochet...
...Spain also has a particular interest, Myers said, in investigating the alleged murder of 30 to 40 Spaniards by Chilean security forces during Pinchot's years as head of state...