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Ex-Chile spy chief kills self before jail transfer Sep 28th 2013, 23:46 SANTIAGO, Chile  — A Chilean military official says the country's former spy chief committed suicide shortly before he was to be transferred from a luxury prison for dictatorship-era military officials to a lockup with fewer benefits.   Army Lt. Col. Claudio Rojas said retired Gen. Odladier Mena shot himself in the head Saturday in a stairwell outside of his home in Chile's capital. Mena had taken advantage of prison benefits that allowed him to visit his home.   The 87-year-old was the first director of the National Center of Information, the successor to dictator Augusto Pinochet's feared intelligence agency.   In 2009, Mena was convicted in thre... Keep on reading: Ex-Chile spy chief kills self before jail transfer Media files: chile-spychief.jpg (image/jpeg)

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