Pinochet's daughter seeks office in Chile

[Judi Lynn]

Pinochet's daughter seeks office in Chile
Jul 28, 2008 06:55 PM

SANTIAGO, (Reuters)–The eldest daughter of late Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet signed up Monday to run in municipal elections in an upscale neighbourhood of the capital later this year, an election service official said.

Lucia Pinochet Hiriart will run as an independent in the elections for local councils. While city councils in Chile have limited power, the polls in October will be a barometer of the political climate ahead of a presidential election in 2009.

"She signed up this morning," the election official said. "She is running for the post of councillor of Vitacura."

Vitacura is one of the most luxurious neighbourhoods of Santiago, home to designer boutiques and many of Chile's right-wing elite.

Hiriart, her siblings and mother were detained in 2007 and held in jail for two nights amid a probe into allegations they helped Pinochet store millions of dollars of public funds embezzled during his 1973-1990 regime.

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Lucia Pinochet Hiriart



The widow of Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, Lucia Hiriart (R), attends a
commemorative mass as her granddaughter yawns at the military church in Santiago
December 10, 2007. December 10 marks the first anniversary of the Pinochet's death
after suffering a heart attack at the military hospital in Santiago. Pinochet ruled
Chile from 1973-1990 and spent his old age fighting human rights, fraud and
corruption charges. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado (CHILE)



Mother, Lucia, and father, the dictator, front row, center





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Mourners at casket of dead dictator Augusto Pinochet



Photos located by DU'er Say_What of Pinochet son, Augusto Pinochet Hiriart