Soldiers supporting the coup led by Gen. Augusto Pinochet take cover as bombs are dropped on the Presidential Palace of La Moneda in this Sept. 11, 1973 photo. Pinochet won his freedom Thursday March 2, 2000 after spending more than 16 months under arrest in Britain fighting extradition to Spain on charges of human rights abuses during his regime. Britain's top law enforcement official ruled that the 84-year-old general was mentally unfit to stand trial in Spain and could return home. (AP Photo/Enrique Aracena/File )