Court of Guarantee of Santiago confirmed extension of 90 days investigation of the case of Valeria Vivanco for pending expertise

The 12th Court of Guarantee of Santiago confirmed the extension of the deadline in the investigation of the death of the detective of the Investigation Police (PDI), Valeria Vivanco, who died on June 13, 2021 in an operation in La Granja.
According to lawyer Juan Pablo Gómez, defender of the only defendant in Vivanco’s murder, Leonel Contreras, both parties involved in the trial agreed to request an extension in the investigations. This, since the review of some videos delivered by the family of the sub-inspector was requested. This was indicated to Radio Biobío after the resolution of the justice.
“There was agreement both as the Public Prosecutor’s Office and with the complainants, in order to set an extension of the deadline given that there is a lack of expertise to be developed that derive mainly from the videos provided by the family of the official Vivanco and that could ruin the conclusions of the reconstitution of the scene,” he said.
For her part, the mother of the accused, Brígida Canales, insisted to Radio Biobío on the innocence of her son for the crime.
“As a family we are satisfied with the consensus that has been reached in the new term, added to that the amount of information and evidence we have as a defense that are of utmost importance, and the deadlines to reach the truth are shortened, and that truth is that Leonel Contreras is innocent,” he closed.

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