A judge on Monday ordered Augusto Pinochet placed under house arrest after finding the former dictator mentally competent to stand trial for human rights violations allegedly committed during his rule. Judge Juan Guzman ordered Pinochet to face prosecution in the disappearance of nine people and the death of another. Those events were linked to Operation Condor, a plan by which South America’s military rulers coordinated their activities in the 1970s and ’80s. The former leader’s lawyers said they would challenge the decision before an appeals court and, if necessary, the nation’s Supreme Court. Full Story