translated from Spanish: Abbott on Single Detainee Case: “We’re Going to Have a Robust Preliminary Investigation”

The regional prosecutor of the Public Prosecutor’s Office, Héctor Barros, met with the national prosecutor, Jorge Abbott, to discuss the case of Camilo Eduardo Gajardo Escalona, a 28-year-old arrested for his alleged involvement in a series of bombings in Sant Iago. In the instance, Abbott analyzed the facts, stating that “these are particularly complex investigations in which results are often not seen in the short term,” he said. Although, he replied that “finally today we already have results and we will have a robust preliminary investigation that will allow us to formalize today those who are responsible for the bombs that have troubled our country”. The only one arrested for these events will be formalized on the afternoon of this Friday. According to Abott, “intense precautionary measures will be staked.” With this, he replied that “what Prosecutor Barros has said and that appears in the background is that he is indeed a person who acts alone.” He added that “these are organizations in which behaviors are deployed by individuals and belong to a larger collective, but they are not attached to an organization but rather to an ideology,” he concluded.

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