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Chile officially added 9,800 more victims of the Gen Augusto Pinochet dictatorship from 1970-1993...to its rolls.
The new total of killed, tortured or political prisoners...is 40,018.
There is an added cost to the new additions...of $123m annually.
Survivors of rights violations get lifetime pensions of $260 monthly plus health, education and housing benefits.
Relatives receive more than three times the monthly stipend.
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