A judge has ordered the arrest of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet for torture, murder and kidnapping.
Mr Pinochet is sought over 36 cases of kidnapping, one of homicide and for 23 cases of torture at the Villa Grimaldi, a political detention centre run by Pinochet's secret police.
Thousands of people were tortured at the site between 1974 and 1977.
Mr Pinochet was forced to cancel celebrations for his 90th birthday last November after he was placed under house arrest on charges related to the disappearance and presumed death of three leftists during his 17-year rule.
The house arrest lasted for seven weeks, ending in early January when he was granted bail.
He has been diagnosed with mild dementia caused by frequent mini-strokes and has avoided trial in other human rights cases on the basis he was too ill to stand trial.
Mr Pinochet, who ruled between 1973 and 1990, is also under investigation for alleged tax evasion and fraud following the discovery of previously undeclared bank accounts in the US.
