translated from Spanish: He was condemned to 7 years in prison man who stabbed Haitian citizen in the fishing Terminal

the Sixth Court of Oral proceedings in criminal Santiago sentenced to 7 years of effective imprisonment of the perpetrator of a brutal attack in co NTRA a Haitian citizen, which recorded in may 2017 in the fishing Terminal of Santiago.En divided ruling, the Court–composed of the magistrates Pilar Saavedra Morales (Chair), Paula solitude of the bar van Treek (editor), and Leonor María Fernández – Lecanda decreed the measure against Matías Cruz Muñoz, as a frustrated perpetrator of simple homicide. In addition, the judges applied by legal action of perpetual absolute disqualification for offices and public offices and political rights, and the disqualification for titular professions duration of the sentence. Once enforceable judgment, the Court ruled to proceed to biological sampling of the sentenced to determine his genetic fingerprint and inclusion on the national register of DNA from convicts. According to the information provided by the judiciary, the process achieved prove that Cruz Munoz assaulted with a weapon bladed at the top of the left thigh to the victim, Fritzner Louis, causing “a penetrating wound of a serious nature requiring treatment “surgical and Neurorehabilitation, that without timely and effective relief would have caused death”. The vote against the decision was that of judge Morales Saavedra, who said that the case was a crime of serious injury, considering that sufficient elements there was no to establish a homicidal intent. The attack was denounced at the time by page Facebook Haitians in Chile, which said that it was an action done with xenophobic motivations.

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