[2] She married five times; among her spouses were Hernán García Barzelatto,[3] businessmen Jorge Aravena and Juan Pablo Vicuña, and painter Roberto Thieme, who was a member of the far-right movement Fatherland and Liberty.

[4] Under indictment for tax fraud, Pinochet traveled to the United States in January 2006 where she appealed for political asylum, but was promptly deported back to Argentina, the nation where she had last resided.

At her father's military funeral in December 2006, she praised him for lighting a "flame of freedom" in September 1973, when he overthrew the government of Salvador Allende.

[5] On 13 September 2007, Pinochet announced her intention to run as independent for a seat in parliament for the 23rd district in Santiago.

They were charged with embezzlement, use of false passports, and having illegally transferred $27m (£13.2m) to foreign bank accounts during Pinochet's rule.