British Home Secretary Jack Straw must approve the extradition. Rep. Hinchey's amendment requires that within one year the CIA must release all documents to Congress pertaining to the death of Salvador Allende, to Pinochet's rise to the presidency, and to human rights abuses committed during Pinochet's regime. The investigation could consider whether Pinochet might be extradited to the U.S. to stand trial for his role in the murders. U.S. State Department officials and Chilean Foreign Minister Juan Gabriel Valdes have said that a U.S. trial for Pinochet would not face the problems of jurisdiction that plague the Spanish case.
Chile is a completely different place today than it was twenty years ago.