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Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet‘s grandson, General Augusto Pinochet Molina, will be sanctioned by the Chilean army for the eulogy he gave at his grandfather’s funeral, in which he praised the 1973 coup d’etat that boosted him into power. The Chilean army says, in a statement:

“He committed a serious offfense to our organization and measures will be taken.” The army also added that the in the funeral’s program, the grandson was not scheduled to speak and that his words “do not represent the doctrine or the official opinion” of the institution.”

The grandson exalted Pinochet’s actions in the eulogy, saying, “In the midst of the Cold War, he defeated Marxism which was intent on imposing its totalitarian model (on us) not by vote, but by the use of armed force, and rightly so.”

According to El Mundo, the sanction placed upon Pinochet Molina could lead to his expulsion from the Chilean military.

Via / El Mundo

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