Chile's former dictator Augusto Pinochet will be cremated on Tuesday following a military funeral. The decision was taken by his relatives to prevent pillaging the grave of a man, reviled or revered. The location, where his remains will be cremated, was not disclosed. Pinochet died on Sunday after heart failure. He was 91. Pinochet came to power in 1973 with a coup and went on to become the best known of the South American dictators of the 1970s and 1980s. Under his regime more than 3,000 people died in political violence, many at the hands of repressive secret police. He was accused of dozens of human rights violations but a lengthy effort to bring him to trial in Chile failed as his defense lawyers successfully argued that he was too ill to face charges. Despite Pinochet's human rights record, many Chileans loved him and said he saved Chile from Marxism.

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