Lucía Hiriart Rodríguez, in september 2007.

Lucía Hiriart Rodríguez.

María Lucía Hiriart Rodríguez (born December 10, 1922), also known as Lucía Hiriart de Pinochet. Hiriart was born in Antofagasta to Osvaldo Hiriart Corvalán, a lawyer and former Radical Party senator and former Interior Minister of president Juan Antonio Ríos; and Lucía Rodríguez Auda de Hiriart. She is the widow (married in January 1943) of former Chilean President Augusto Pinochet Ugarte. Lucía Hiriart is of French-Basque descent.^[1]

[edit] Later life

In 2005 Hiriart was sued by the Chilean Internal Revenue Service ("Servicio de Impuestos Internos") over tax evasion totaling US$2.35 million and was arrested for a full day with son Marco Antonio a few months later. In October 2007, she was arrested again in the frame of the Riggs case, along with Pinochet's five children and 17 other persons (including two generals, one of his ex-lawyer and his ex-secretary) on charges of embezzlement and use of false passports. They are accused of having illegally transferred $27m (£13.2m) to foreign bank accounts during Pinochet's rule.^[2][3]

[edit] References

[edit] See also

• First Ladies of Chile

[edit] External links

• Analysis of her arrest (Spanish)

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