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Augusto Pinochet, the general who overthrew President Salvador Allende of Chile in 1973, was the first dictato in Latin America - or the world - to be humbled by the international justice system since the Nuremberg trials. In September 1998, Pinochet flew to London on a pleasure trip. He rested for a few days. He had tea with Margaret Thatcher. But, suddenly, he began experiencing back pain and underwent an operation in the London Clinic. Upon waking from surgery, he was arrested by the London police. Who was responsible for this? THE PINOCHET CASE explores how a small group of people in Madrid laid the groundwork for this incredible feat -- catching a dictator 25 years after his rise to power.

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