translated from Spanish: Gustavo Gatica spoke for the first time since attack: “Justice for me is that those responsible for this pay”

Gustavo Gatica, the young man who lost his sight completely, after receiving the impact of Balinese on his face from Carabineros, gave his first interview after what happened. The student who suffered the injuries while at a demonstration addressed the current crisis in the country. In this sense, he assured Reuters that “it could have been at any moment, politicians didn’t realize what the people were feeling, they lived in a bubble and didn’t realize the unrest there was,” he said. However, he insisted that “the difference is that Piñera from the first moment declared war, brought the militias out into the street, there were murders, gunshots,” he added. “Why are people still on the street? Why is there so much violence? Because Piñera is still in command.” And in this same vein, he argued that “something that can lower the tension a little bit is that Piñera quits, that I do think is fundamental.” Gustavo also addressed how he has lived his life since he lost his vision, ensuring that the adaptation process has not been easy. “Smaller things, like choosing clothes, were initially more difficult but now I have them marked with braille indicating color,” he said, adding that he hopes to resume his university studies, and that at the moment it is in his plans to learn to play drums. He also retorted that he seeks justice. “As long as there is no justice people are going to go on with anger and they will continue to go to the street. (…) Justice for me is that those responsible for this pay what they have to pay, if they have to pay by jail they do, in all cases, not just mine: the shots, the murders, the hit-and-runs, for everything they have to pay,” he insisted.

Original source in Spanish