Pinochet relatives indicted in Chile

The widow and five children of dictator Augusto Pinochet were among 23 people indicted Thursday on corruption charges, a judge said.

Judge Carlos Cerda said he ordered the detention of the 23 relatives and former associates of Pinochet because of "solid indications that they had participated in the misuse of fiscal funds" during Pinochet's 1973-90 dictatorship.

Pinochet's widow Lucia Hiriart, two of his children and several other suspects had already been arrested, police director Arturo Herrera said.