Pinochet out of danger following heart attack

FORMER Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet’s condition is no longer life-threatening, doctors said last night.

Pinochet out of danger following heart attack

But they dismissed claims that Pinochet’s heart attack was exaggerated to allow him to avoid prosecution for abuses during his 1973-’90 regime.

A priest administered last rites to the 91-year-old on Sunday after he suffered an acute heart attack and surgeons performed emergency angioplasty to enlarge an artery and restore the flow of blood to his heart.

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