Ruling upholding $4 million verdict in Chilean torture case [11th Circuit] News
Ruling upholding $4 million verdict in Chilean torture case [11th Circuit]

Cabello, et al. v. Fernandez-Larios, United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, per curiam opinion, March 14, 2005 [upholding a $4 million verdict against a former Chilean Army officer for the killing of a political prisoner during the 1973 Pinochet coup in Chile]. Read the full text of the opinion here [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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