During this day in the Court of Guarantee of Peumo the hearing was held that confronted the Minister of Agriculture, Esteban Valenzuela, with the Agricultural Society Tralcán SpA for a cause of violation of dwelling. They finally reached a reparative agreement on both sides, which includes public apologies from the secretary of state.
The event took place in June 2020 when Valenzuela entered irregularly a private property belonging to the company indicated, in the town of Las Cabras, O’Higgins region. The head of Agriculture met with the caretaker of the land and a discussion was generated with a series of expletives.
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For this action, the militant of the Social Green Regionalist Federation was charged with the crime of violation of dwelling.
Reparative agreement
In the hearing held by the Court of Guarantee of Peumo, both parties reached a reparative agreement, where the minister offered public apologies to the company, in addition to being able to opt for the dismissal of the case if it complies with the conditions agreed with the complainants.
“My public apologies to the worker of the Tralcán company as I expressed to Nicolás del Río, owner of the company, these bad words were in a context of lack of help to be able to leave in my vehicle under a rain, having been buried,” Valenzuela said at the hearing.
The conditions that the Minister of Agriculture must meet are: elimination of the video and messages where he enters the property from his social networks, as well as not to issue comments regarding Agrícola Tralcán SpA, nor to denounce the company.
Dismissal in six months
The judge (s) of the Court of Guarantee of Peumo, Jorge Parragué López, told Radio Biobío that “because there is no prevailing public interest, the Public Ministry raided this form of term, which is possible in view of the type of illicit that was a violation of dwelling.”
“As these were several benefits to which the requested party committed, a period of 6 months was set for compliance, decreeing a verification hearing of the reparative agreement for October 17, 2022,” he added.
The judge stated that if the agreed conditions are met for that hearing, the court will issue the total and final dismissal of the case for the satisfactory fulfillment of the reparation agreement.
