Pinochet out of danger following heart attack

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

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.