Washington - The family of a Chilean military commander, Gen Rene Schneider, killed during a botched kidnapping in 1970, has filed a lawsuit seeking more than $3 million in damages from Dr Henry Kissinger and other Nixon administration officials, the Washington Post has reported.
It quoted lawyers as saying the suit was based on recently declassified CIA documents and sought damages from Dr Kissinger, a former CIA director, Mr Richard Helms and the US government for "summary execution", assault and civil rights violations. The suit alleges Gen Schneider was targeted because he stood in the way of a coup against Salvador Allende, the Post said.