Chile court ends 10-year Pinochet embezzlement probe; others face trial

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A Chilean court said on Friday it has completed a decade-long investigation into the origin of late dictator Augusto Pinochet's fortune and the general's suspected embezzlement of public funds. An appeals court in Santiago decided unanimously to close the investigation, clearing the way for lead Judge Manuel Valderrama to formally accuse former military members who had collaborated with Pinochet in the so-called Riggs Bank case.

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