Legal Opinion
Elsa Cabello v. Armando Fernandez-Larios
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided March 14, 2005No. 04-10030PublishedCited by 111 opinions
1Per curiam
Winston Cabello (Cabello), a Chilean economist, was executed by Chilean military officers following a cowp d’état, on October 17, 1973. On February 19, 1999, almost twenty-six years later, his survivors filed an action in district court against Armando Fernández-Larios (Fernández), a Chilean military officer who was alleged to have participated in his execution. The lawsuit was filed pursuant to the Alien Tort Claims Act (ATCA), 28 U.S.C. § 1350 (1991), and the Tort Victims Protection Act (TVPA), 28 U.S.C. § 1350 note (1991). Cabello’s survivors alleged that Fernández participated in…
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