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The Chilean Supreme Court authorised the submission of an active extradition request to the United States in respect of three persons prosecuted in Chile for the aggravated murder of a United Nations official and for participation in an unlawful association. The Court held that the treaty requirement that the requested persons be “accused” was satisfied by a final domestic order placing them under formal investigation, since that order was based on evidence sufficient to justify their arrest and prosecution. The extradition request was authorised for aggravated murder, an offence expressly included in the exhaustive list contained in the 1900 Chile–United States Extradition Treaty. It was refused for unlawful association because that offence was not covered by the treaty and the list could not be expanded through reciprocity or general principles of international law.