American hands pulled Pinochet’s evil strings

So Pinochet, the great ‘‘Caudillo’’, is gone. By the end, even most of his fanatical supporters had abandoned him. ‘‘Foreigners’’ putting him on trial was one thing, but after he returned to Chile, the full truth began to emerge. Investigations revealed that, not only had he salted away millions of dollars in foreign bank accounts, but he had also been a major player in Latin America’s drug trade.

In the end, there was ...