AUGUSTO PINOCHET
1915 - 2006
Photo: Diego Goldberg—Sygma/Corbis

Augusto's full name was August Pinochet Ugarte. He was the man who overthrew Chile's President Salvador Allende and ruled the country himself. That was from 1974 until 1990.

President Allende appointed Augusto Pinochet army commander in chief only 18 days before the coup. The poor ole thing didn't know what bit him.

Once Augusto and his military friends were in power it was the end of any monkey business whatsoever in Chile.

Thanks to an old bodyguard trick, Pinochet survived a solid assassination attempt on September 8, 1986.

Pinochet was riding in the fourth car in a five-car motorcade in Santiago, Chile, instead of riding in the second car, which is normally the position of the VIP's car.

Sure enough, at the next ambush a rocket blew up the second car, killing all bodyguards inside. Pinochet survived unharmed.

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In 1998, Augusto made the mistake of leaving his country to visit the United Kingdom.

Spain asked the UK to hand the guy over because several Spanish citizens who had previously met Augusto and his gorillas, complained that their torture chambers weren't altogether up to international human rights standards.

Little by little various countries spoke up and said they had found all kinds of dirt on the man, but what can you do. Especially when you're the polite British type. So, the Brits decided via court rule that Augusto was not in a well enough physical condition for a trial and sent him back home. The year? 2000.

And here is the map of Chile

Chile 1974