The daughter of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet has dropped her request for asylum in the US, a government official says.

The elder daughter of former Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet has requested asylum in the US after being taken into custody at Dulles International Airport.

The older daughter of former Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet was detained today on arrival in Washington after failing to obey a summons by a Chilean judge who indicted her on tax evasion charges, the government reported.