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 SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - Chile's Supreme Court on Friday stripped former dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet of immunity from prosecution for alleged abuses at one of his regime's most notorious detention centers — where the current president and her mother were tortured — a court official said.
The case, which involves 59 cases of torture and kidnapping at Villa Grimaldi, is the first time torture has been specifically mentioned in one of the numerous legal cases brought against the 90-year-old former dictator.
Villa Grimaldi, a sprawling house in southeast Santiago, has been turned into a memorial park to honor the victims.
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