SANTIAGO, Sept. 28 (Xinhuanet) -- All bank accounts held by former Chilean president Augusto Pinochet in the United States have been ordered to be confiscated by judge Sergio Munoz, local daily La Nacion said Wednesday.

    Judge Munoz has appointed two government-employed managers to arrange the transfer of the assets from Florida to Chile, said the reports.

    Munoz has been investigating, for 14 months, a tax evasion caseover the secret accounts of Pinochet and his relatives, mostly in the Florida-based Riggs Bank.

    Pinochet, 89, allegedly accumulated over 27 million US dollars abroad, and judge Munoz said he failed to pay 9.8 million dollars in taxes.

    Pinochet's wife Lucia Hiriart, son Marco Antonio, as well as his private secretary Monica Ananias and several aides during his 1973-1990 military regime were also indicted in the case.

    Companies involved include Ashburton Limited, Althorp Investment Limited, Trilateral International Trading, G.L.P. Limited, Tasker Investment Limited, Abanda Finance, Belview International Inc., Belview S.A., Eastview Finance S.A. and Santa Lucia Trust.

    Judge Munoz also plans to try Pinochet himself after the Supreme Court confirmation of a lower court's ruling that stripped the retired general of his immunity from prosecution.

    The former president is facing criminal charges in another case,known as "Operation Colombo," a joint scheme to cover up the disappearance of 119 dissidents during his rule from 1973 to 1990.Enditem