| Show Standard-Examine- World 6A Saturday December 2 2000 Judge orders arrest of Chile’s Pinochet Right-win- g towered over politics for nearly two decades The Associated Press SANTIAGO Chile - Prosecuting Judge Juan Guzman has ordered the arrest and trial of former Chilean dictator Gen Pinochet lawyers in the case said Friday Pinochet could face the death penalty if a court affirms Guzman's finding that Pinochet was the “intellectual author” of 19 disappearances of leftist prisoners in the earliest days of his 1973 military takeover “Kidnapalping that led to murder” is the leged crime While appeals make Pinochet’s arrest unlikely anytime soon and the ailing termer dictator may die before he sees a courtroom Guzman's action accelerates the fall of the right-win- g strongman who towered over South American politics for nearly two decades Government spokesman Claudio Huepe in a radio interview Lriday called on Chileans to take the decision calmly “whether or not they like it” President Ricardo Lagos m Mexico City for the inauguration of President Vicente Lot said his country's courts were independent and that their decisions must be respected Pinochet's attorneys were said to be rushing to his home in the toothills of the Andes outside Santiago late Friday to discuss their next move Police were immediately dispatched to his neighborhood and around military installations Fernando Bar-ro- s a Pinochet defense attorney called Guzman’s action a “judi- I'tftmfffiijei-agjrM-- !: 500 itrtrh programs Exclusive IDE (integrated Duel Feed) System Automatic needle threader Bobbin monitonrw) SemormetK buttonholing Exqumte embroidery with optional Creative Fantasy unit The Business That Service Built mid- - November show that Pinochet received at least moral support from the Nixon administration in toppling socialist President Salvador Allende on Sept 11 1973 MACHINE SALES & SERVICE 3537 Washington Bhd 621-10- 22 1 aberration” Last week Pinochet conceded broad responsibility for military atrocities during his regime “As a former president of the republic I accept all the facts that they say the army and the armed forces did” he said in a taped message issued on his birthday Chile's Supreme dripped Pinochet of his i i li Court immuni- irom prosecution on June 5 and medical examinations to determine whether he is mentally fit tor a possible trial had been about to begin Under Chile's judicial system Guzman serves as both judge and prosecutor His decision is only a procedural step and Pinochet’s lawyers can appeal it and argue that the evidence is inadequate rheir argument of his medical incapacity will probably continue Nonetheless the kidnapping-murde- r charges are a victory for Pinochet's detractors “It signals there is clearly toundation to believe that he is the intellectual author of the Caravan of Death” said Juan Busattos one of the human-right- s torneys suing Pinochet for the 19 deaths The Caravan of Death was the name given to death squads who crisscrossed Chile in helicopters to conduct summary trials and executions of Pinochet's political opponents in the early days of his regime Friday's announcement gratified Carmen Hertz a lawyer whose husband Carlos Berger disappeared in a Caravan of Death action “It's very good for the moral health of our country” she said She added that Chile's courage in moving against Pinochet could be traced to the international attention that his detention m London drew two years ago there in October 19 Pinochet spent 17 months under house arrest while Spain aid later other European coun-risought to have him extradited to face charges for the deaths f their nationals in Chile under fix rule Brtixh H ome Secretary Jack ty M EVERY ITEM IN OUR WOMEN’S MEN’S CHILDREN’S & HOME DEPARTMENTS rre-ne- C' ''’raw released Pinochet last March on medical grounds saying the general had sustained reurologiua! 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