Walter Raus, former SS leader charged with murdering 90,000 Jews during the war, was arrested last night in Punta Arenas, Chile, at the request of the West German Government. He was flown to Santiago where he was jailed.
Raus fled after the collapse of the Nazi regime to Punta Arenas, where he worked for an import firm. After West German police learned of his hiding place, the West German Embassy in Santiago began extradition proceedings to return him to West Germany.
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