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ANTIAGO,Chile(AP)Gen.
A ugusto Pinochet, who
once ruled Chile unchal
lenged, was put under house
Wednesday after he was formally
notified that he faces homicide and
kidnapping charges.
Angry supporters o f the former
ruler shouted insults as two vehicles
carrying court officials and police
officers sped to Pinochet’s country
side home in Bucalemu, 80 miles
southwest o f Santiago, to serve him
notice that Judge Juan Guzman in
dicted him and ordered his house
arrest.
The procedure marked the enforce
ment o f Monday’s house arrest or
der, meaning that Pinochet must re
main confined to his countryside
residence.
Lawyers for the 85-year-old former
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dictator meanwhile, continued to
prepare their appeals to try to have
the charges and the arrest order an
nulled.
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Members ofPinochet’s legal team
and several right-wing politicians
were inside the house as the notice
was served.
Retired Gen. Luis Cortes, one o f
Pinochet’s closest associates, urged
the demonstrators, who chanted pro-
Pinochet slogans, to remain calm and
allow the notification to be completed.
The charges filed by Guzman on
Monday stem from the “Caravan o f
Death," one o f the most notorious
cases o f human rights abuses during
Pinochet’s 1973-90 dictatorship.
The caravan was a military group
that executed 75 political prisoners
shortly after the 1973 coup led by
Pinochet. The remains o f 18 o f the
victims were never recovered.
Pinochet’s lawyers wereplanning
to appeals on two fronts, according
to lawyer Ainbrosio Rodriguez.
Rodriguez told state television that
one appeal will insist that Pinochet’s
old age and poor health prevent him
from properly defending himsel f, thus
violating his constitutional right to a
just trial.
Chilean penal law only exempts
people from trial if they are declared
insane or demented, but not for physi
cal ills.
Pinochet lawyers have argued,
unsuccessfully so far, that the right
to a fair trial is granted by the consti
tution, which prevails over penal law.
Pinochet suffers from “moderate
dementia,” according to medical tests
ordered by Guzman earlier this month.
In indicting Pinochet, the judge
ruled that that mental condition “re
duces, but not eliminates,” his capac
ity to stand trial.
“In spite o f his physical troubles,
his advanced age and his motion
problems, he understands questions
posed to him and answers clearly,”
the judge added.
A se c o n d a p p e a l, law y er
Rodriguez said, will seek to prove
that the indictment issued by Guzman
“is baseless” because the judge lacks
proof against Pinochet.
Guzman held Pinochet responsible
for the caravan because its com
mander, Gen. Sergio Arellano, was
acting as his personal envoy.
Another retired general, Joaquin
Lagos, who commanded one o f the
military regions where most o f the
killings occurred, recently said
Pinochet was responsible.
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QUITO, Ecuador (AP) A U.S. oil
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shot in the back. A sheet covering
his body said he was killed because
the oil company refused to pay a
ransom, authorities said Thursday.
Police identified the victim as
Ronald Sander, a technician for
Helmerich & Payne Inc., based in
Tulsa, Okla. He and the others were
kidnapped in October.
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Sander was found with five gunshot
wounds to the back Wednesday in
an isolated jungle region known as El
Condor, about 110 miles northeast o f
the capital, Quito. A spokesman for
the U.S. Embassy in Quito said he
was aware o f the report but declined
to comment. “W e are deeply sad
dened by the tragic loss ofRon Sander
and extend our deepest sympathy
and prayers to his family and friends,”
said Hans Helmerich, the company’s
presidentand chiefexecutive officer.
“Ron had over 24 years o f faithful
service to the company and his loss
will be felt throughout our organiza
tion.” Sander, 54, w orked as a
toolpusher on a Helmerich & Payne
drilling rig when he was abducted,
the company said. Sander is from
Missouri, but Helmerich & Payne
declined to release his hometown.
Officials said the company had been
working for four months to attempt to
win the release o f Sander and the
other hostages.
Sander, whose body was flown
back to Quito, was one o f five Ameri
cans seized Oct. 12 fr om oil camps in
Ecuador’s El Coca region, about 150
miles east o f Quito.
The other Americans have been
identified as David Bradley, ofCasper,
Wyo., an oil field platform foreman
for Helmerich & Payne; and Arnold
Alford, Steve Derry and Jason We
ber, all employees o f the Oregon-
based Erickson Air-Crane Co., and
residents o f Gold Hill, Ore.
Also among the kidnap victims are
a Chilean, an Argentine and a New
Zealander. Two Frenchmen also were
seized, but escaped days later.
Ecuadorean authorities have said
in recent months that negotiations
with the kidnappers — thought to be
a criminal gang — had stalled over
the amount o f ransom demanded.
Oil industry and military sources
have told The Associated Press that
the kidnappers are strongly sus
pected in deadly dynamite attacks in
t>ecember against the country’s main
oil pipeline.
A top oil company executive,
speaking on condition o f anonymity,
told The Associated Press last month
that the blasts began after a demand
for$ 12 million was metwithacounter-
offerof$500,000.
Soon after, the first explosion hit
Dec. 9, destroying a section o f pipe
line in an isolated jungle area, 83 miles
northeast o f Quito.
The executive said negotiations
resumed by radio after the kidnap
pers made contact from their secret
lo c a tio n , d em an d in g “ a le sse r
amount,” which the executive de
clined to specify. The negotiators
made a counteroffer of$800,000, which
the kidnappers also turned down.
Another round o f blasts on Dec.
12 followed, one o f which killed eight
passengers in a passing bus and se
riously injured 19 others.
Authorities believe the kidnappers
are members ofthe same criminal gang
that held seven Canadians and an
American for ransom for 100 days in
late 1999. Alberta-based United Pipe
line Systems has never confirmed
reports that it paid $3.5 million for the
release o f its
Cuba Frees Czech Citizens After
They Admit Breaking Law
HAVANA (AP) — Two promi
nent Czechs jailed for more than three
weeks in communist Cuba headed
home Tuesday after they admitted
breaking the law in a case that strained
relations between two former Cold
War-era allies.
Czech lawmaker Ivan Pilip and Jan
Bubenik were arrested Jan. 12 after
meeting with Cuban dissidents. They
were released Monday night after
crafting an admission signed before
diplomats from several nations.
Havana had accused Pilip, 37, a
former finance minister, and Bubenik,
32, a former student leader, o f travel
ing to Cuba on behalf o f American
interests, accusations that U.S. au
thorities called “ludicrous.”
The pair met with dissidents after
flying in from a meeting with repre
sentatives from Freedom House, a
pro-democracy group that receives
money from both the U.S. govern
ment and private sources. Freedom
House has declined comment on
whether it was involved in the Czechs’
trip to Cuba.
Tension between the two coun
tries ran high in recent weeks, with
Cuban President Fidel Castro calling
the Czech embassy in Havana “a cave
o f spies,” which had “spent 10 years
spying.” TheCzechs could have laced
up to 20 years in prison if convicted
o f ac ting against Cuba ’ s security and
inciting a rebellion.
Pilip and Bubenik’s admission,
which they drafted Sunday, said they
came to Cuba of their own accord and
that they didn’t know their activities
on the island would be considered
subversive and illegal, Johnson said.
They acknowledged “that they
violated national law and if that vio
lation had offended the Cuban people
then they ask for forgiveness,” said
Juan Pablo Letelier, a Chilean con
gressman and president o f the Inter
parliamentary Union’s human rights
committee, at an airport news confer
ence. The statement was not made
available.
In Prague, Czech Foreign Minister
Jan Kavan expressed relief at their
release. He stressed that they were
freed without the official Czech apol
ogy Castro demanded. “We have no.
reason to apologize,” Kavan said.
Czech President Vaclav Havel in
vited them to visit him Wednesday.
In Cuba, the Communist Party daily
Granma did not mention the Czechs’
release.
Cuban authorities remain furious
about the Czech Republic’s role last
year in introducing a U.N. resolution
to condemn Cuba for its human rights
record. Poland, another former so
cialist ally, cosponsored the resolu
tion, which was later approved at a
meeting in Geneva.
Centro Mexicano’s Annual Partnership and
Networking Celebration
In its first two years o f operation,
Centro Mexicano, the nonprofit Mexi
can Cultural Center o f Oregon has
established numerous partnerships
with educators, businesses, artists
and social service agencies. These
organizations have used the center’s
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resources to create enhanced rela
tionships with Oregonians o f Mexi
can descent, while expanding com
munity awareness and understand
ing o f the rich cultural traditions of
America’s closest neighbor. Centro
Mexicano will host a special Febru-
fab
ary round-table meeting as an infor
mal opportunity for all o f the center’s
com m unity partners, from civic
groups and educators, to media out
lets and busineses, to meet each other
face-to-face. The event promises to
be more than learning about each
partner’s involvement in Centro
Mexicano. It will also be a celebration
o f many successes and recognition of
the value o f each partnership. It will
also be an opportunity for other orga
nizations interested in forging new re
lationships with someone who may be
interested in Centro Mexicano’s pro
grams, we encourage you to share this
invitation with them. The event will be
onTuesday, Feb. 21, from 5:30-7p.m.
at C entro M exicano, 1224 SW.
Morrison St. For nore information,
please call 503/274-9973.