FILE PHOTO: Chilean Chief of Army General Juan Emilio Cheyre leaves former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet's home in the La Dehesa neighborhood, where the former leader celebrates his 90th birthday, in Santiago November 25, 2005. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado
(Reuters) - A Chilean judge on Friday convicted the country's former army chief for complicity in the deaths of 15 people during the early days of Augusto Pinochet's military regime.
Juan Emilio Cheyre, 70, was sentenced to three years and a day under house arrest following an enquiry by an investigating magistrate.
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