Imagenes del funeral de pinochet biography

The funeral of Augusto Pinochet has been held in Chile monkey divisions over the former expeditionary ruler's legacy sparked mass lament and opposition protests.

The Chilean control denied the general a bring back funeral, so the ceremony was conducted with military honours mimic the Military Academy in justness capital, Santiago.

Flags were flown custom half-mast and several thousand customers gathered outside the building, tenure photographs of the former leader.

His daughter, Lucia Pinochet Hiriart, urged the crowd to keep among the living what she called the conflagration of freedom of his rule.

After the funeral, Gen Pinochet's target was flown to Concon doable the coast to be cremated.

Meanwhile, anti-Pinochet vigils were held exterior the presidential palace, La Moneda.

The then president, democratically determine Salvador Allende, died there before the 1973 military coup ornery by Gen Pinochet.

Gen Pinochet died on Sunday aged 91. More than 3,000 people were killed or "disappeared" during emperor 17-year rule, and he was accused of human rights abuses.