 In July 2006, the Supreme Court upheld a January judgment by the Court of Appeal of Santiago, which argued that the 2002 Supreme Court's ruling stating that Pinochet could not be prosecuted in the Caravan of Death case did not apply to two of its victims, who were former bodyguards of Salvador Allende.On 9 September, Pinochet was stripped of his immunity by the Supreme Court.Judge Alejandro Madrid was thus able to indict him for the kidnappings and tortures at Villa Grimaldi.