Chile seeks to extradite Sydney nanny Adriana Rivas, implicated in Pinochet-era torture allegations
Source: ABC Radio Australia
Chile seeks to extradite Sydney nanny Adriana Rivas, implicated in Pinochet-era torture allegations
Updated 25 March 2014, 11:52 AEST
The Chilean government is seeking to extradite a Sydney woman to face trial on multiple charges of violent crime allegedly committed while she was serving under military dictator Augusto Pinochet's brutal intelligence apparatus.
ABC's Foreign Correspondent has discovered the woman, Adriana Rivas, works as a part-time nanny and cleaner in Sydney's eastern suburbs.
She settled there after after fleeing Chile in 2010 while on bail awaiting trial on seven charges of aggravated kidnapping.
A former servant at Santiago's infamous Simon Bolivar Barracks has provided testimony and evidence to Chilean prosecutors that Ms Rivas was involved in kidnapping and allegedly played a major role in interrogating victims during gruesome torture sessions at what many described as an "extermination centre".
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