Pinochet's family plead for release

October 06, 2007

The widow and five children of late Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet appealed to to be released from prison a day after being arrested as part of an investigation into allegations he stole $27 million of public funds and hid it in foreign banks. Pinochet, who ruled Chile from 1973-1990, died in December last year at age 91 without ever being brought to trial to face embezzlement and human rights charges.