FILE - In this March 10, 1998 file photo, former Chilean dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet is shown in Santiago, Chile. The ghosts of Chile's four-decade-old, bloody coup d'etat, which led to the torture, and disappearance of thousands of political opponents, are coming to an Orlando, Florida courtroom with the start of a civil trial involving a military commander and the family of Victor Jara. The family of Jara is suing Lt. Pedro Pablo Barrientos Nunez, a former military officer in the regime of Gen. Augusto Pinochet for damages, claiming that Barrientos Nunez was in charge of the stadium where Jara was tortured and killed in 1973. The trial starts in Orlando, Fla., Monday, June 13. 2016.(AP Photo/Santiago Llanquin, File)
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