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May 24, 2011

Chile Begins Exhumation of Allende's Body 
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The Chilean government has exhumed the body of former Chilean President
Salvador Allende to help determine the cause of his 1973 death. Allende
was overthrown in a U.S.-backed coup. His official cause of death was
listed as suicide, but it has long been speculated he was assassinated
by the forces of General Augusto Pinochet. Allende’s family requested
the exhumation last month. This is Allende's daughter, Isabel Allende.

Isabel Allende: "As a family we want to express, above all, our
satisfaction for the advances in the judicial process to establish the
truth about what happened on that tragic September 11, 1973, and
especially in regards to the circumstances surrounding the death of
President Allende."



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