translated from Spanish: Prosecutor Chong: “A Carabineros official would have driven the 16-year-old, which would have caused his downfall”

On saturday afternoon, the North Central Prosecutor’s Office announced the arrest of the carabinieri involved in the fall of a teenager to the Mapocho River while running so as not to be arrested after participating in demonstrations near Plaza Baquedano.In that line, the uniformed person is established the alleged crime of thwarted murder, this after investigations and proceedings between the Prosecutor’s Office and IDP staff. According to high-complexity prosecutor Ximena Chong, “they were established in the early hours of investigation (…) the circumstances in which the event would have occurred, those that would relate to the intervention of an official of Carabineros, who in the context of an onslaught by staff of the Public Order control unit (…) would have driven the 16-year-old, which would have caused his downfall to a height of approximately seven metres from the Pio Nono Bridge””For these considerations , which is determined through videos obtained through media, social networks, but also other audiovisual elements obtained even from the body cameras released by Carabineros officials and security cameras existing in the sector, these circumstances could be determined, in addition to taking witness statements of the facts, which determined that today (Saturday) an arrest warrant could be obtained (…) that was executed by brigade personnel. Dd. HH,” the prosecutor said. In this line, Chong argues that the background obtained “accounts for the existence of conduct that , in our view – is intentional in nature and determined us to make the decision to apply for the arrest warrant.” The defendant is expected to go to a formalization hearing on Sunday.



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