US$800 million plea bargain prompts Chilean authorities to seek more information on BAE payments given to Pinochet

Chilean authorities investigating bribery and embezzlement charges against former dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet hope a plea bargain agreement between British arms manufacturer BAE systems and judicial authorities in the U.S. and U.K. will provide them with fresh evidence.    

Local press reported that Chilean investigators hope to receive information from colleagues based abroad as they investigate BAE payments made to Pinochet, who ruled Chile from 1973 to 1990 as head of a military dictatorship. Pinochet was also Army Commander-in-Chief  between 1990 and 1998 and served as Senator-for-Life.

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