"A judge in Chile has ordered an investigation into the death, in 1973, of the Nobel prize-winning poet, Pablo Neruda, following allegations he may have been poisoned.
The poet's family has always maintained that he died in a Santiago clinic of advanced prostate cancer, aged 69.
The foundation that guards his legacy has said in a statement there is "no proof whatsoever that suggests Pablo Neruda died of causes other than cancer". But, pressed by Chile's Communist Party, a judge has now ordered a murder investigation.
This follows allegations from his former driver, Manuel Araya Osorio, that agents injected Neruda with poison at the clinic on the orders of General Pinochet, twelve days after the coup. [...]
The remains of President Allende were exhumed last month on the orders of the same judge, in an effort to clarify whether he committed suicide - as is widely believed - or was killed by soldiers who stormed the presidential palace during the coup." http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-13634042

"Judge Mario Carroza was asked whether authorities would exhume the poet's remains from near his home in Isla Negra.
"We have got to clear up the medical history he had prior to his illness, prior to this cancer," Carroza told reporters. "Once we have his full history in hand, we should be able to make a proper determination just using the forensics experts." "