translated from Spanish: Court of appeals revoked Bruno Villalobos

AGENCIAUNO processing general r 14:14 the director general ex d (e) police had been processed by the Minister Mario Carroza, accused as an accomplice of the crime of torture resulting in death of the student of the University of Chile, Patricio Manzano, fact happened the year 1985.

Fifth Chamber of the Santiago appeals court ruled unanimously on Wednesday revoked the processing and dismiss the charges against the retired general Bruno Villalobos. The former general director of Carabineros had been processed by the Minister Mario Carroza, accused as an accomplice of the crime of torture resulting in death of the student of the University of Chile, Patricio Manzano, fact happened the year 1985. The facts denounced by float would have occurred in San Felipe when Manzano suffered cardiorespiratory arrest the bad treatment he received from special forces. Villalobos, who was a 25-year-old Lieutenant, was part of the police squad that guarded the victim, but claimed to have never had contact with the students. The judgment of the City Court of appeal had been in agreement on January 29, after allegations of the defense of the retired general. Villalobos’s lawyer, Angel Valencia, said on that occasion that “indictment is to be revoked because we understand that it does not conform to the merit of the process”, which eventually realized it.

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