The court acceded to the request of the Oriente Prosecutor’s Office and decreed pre-trial detention for José Bulnes Concha, and overnight house arrest for Enrique Searle. Both subjects were involved in the assault on Maximiliano Raide, owner of the restaurant El Europeo and expublisher and current advisor to El Mostrador.
The event occurred on October 1st in Vitacura around 22:45 a.m. That day, after leaving the restaurant, Raide intervened so that two men, Searle and Bulnes, would stop harassing two women.
“Mr. Raide Prunes tried to help the two women by which he lowered the door window of his car’s co-driver and without descending from him told them to stop drinking in the street, which was late so they had to go home (…) At one point, Mr. Searle opened the door on the co-pilot’s side of Mr Raide’s car and began physically assaulting him, which is why Mr. Raide tried to leave his car through the driver’s door and thus try to get himself safely out of the car, which he did not achieve since Mr. José Alfonso Bulnes Concha (whom he later recognized) crossed in front of the vehicle and , taking advantage of the pilot’s door being ajar, began insulting him, threatening him (he said he was going to “burst”) and physically assaulting him,” the lawsuit details.
It is worth noting that José Alfonso Bulnes Concha is the brother of the former Undersecretary of National Goods of the first Government of Sebastián Piñera, Juan Carlos Bulnes, and was also convicted by the Emilia Law after driving in a drunken state, causing the death of a young man in 2017, so he is on probation. He is also the brother of José Miguel Bulnes Concha, member of the Board of Directors of the Electoral Service (Servel).
