A ruling closes the case on the death of former Chilean President Salvador Allende . An appeals court in Santiago on Monday upheld a judge 's ruling that the evidence confirmed the accounts in history texts -- that the leftist leader shot himself at the presidential palace as Gen. Augusto Pinochet 's troops closed in . Allende committed suicide as troops closed in on the presidential palace . The ruling comes two years after his death .
A ruling closes the case on the death of former Chilean President Salvador Allende . Allende committed suicide as troops closed in on the presidential palace . The ruling comes two years after his death .