Thursday, December 14, 2006

Defense: Pinochet's grandson thrown out of army following speech

The grandson of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet has been thrown out of the army for criticising the judiciary in a speech at his grandfather's funeral.

An army source told Reuters "It's true, it happened today."

In his speech on Tuesday, the grandson praised his grandfather for overthrowing the socialist government of Salvador Allende in 1973, and attacked judges who tried to bring the ex-dictator to trial.