Poet Pablo Neruda to be reburied in Chile following judge's ruling

The Chilean poet’s remains had been examined in forensic labs in four different countries after Chilean government reopened murder investigation

A judge in Chile has ordered that the body of poet Pablo Neruda should be returned to his grave for reburial alongside the remains of his third wife, Matilde Urrutia, putting an end to an international investigation into the cause of his death in 1973.

For nearly two years, Neruda’s remains have been lying in forensic laboratories in three countries – and from early this year in a fourth – in an attempt to determine whether his death may have been accelerated by poisoning.