Inés Lucía Pinochet Hiriart (born December 14, 1943) is the eldest daughter of former
Chilean dictator
Augusto Pinochet and
Lucía Hiriart de Pinochet.
Under indictment for
tax fraud, Pinochet traveled to the
United States in January 2006 where she appealed for
political asylum, but was promptly deported back to
Argentina, the nation where she had last resided. At her father's private funeral in December 2006, she praised him for lighting a "flame of freedom" in September 1973, when he
overthrew the government of
Salvador Allende.
On September 13, 2007, Pinochet announced her intention to run as independent for a seat in parliament for the 23rd district (
Las Condes,
Vitacura,
Lo Barnechea) in
Santiago. However, she was arrested in October 2007 in the frame of the
Riggs case, along with Pinochet's four other children and Lucia Hiriart, and 17 other persons (including two generals, one of his ex-lawyer and his ex-secretary). They are charged of
embezzlement and use of false passports, accused of having illegally transferred $27m (£13.2m) to foreign bank accounts during Pinochet's rule.,
BBC, 4 October 2007 ,
La Tercera, 4 October 2007
Pinochet was elected councilwoman of
Vitacura (a right-wing stronghold) at the
2008 election. She received nearly 16% of the votes,...
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