Government appealed the ruling that acquitted two defendants for burning the Metro

The Ministry of the Interior and Public Security appealed this Friday to the court ruling that acquitted the only two accused of the fire at the station Pedrero Metro, occurred during the social outbreak October 18, 2019.

“After analyzing in detail the text of the sentence that acquitted the defendants for the Pedreros Metro fire, It has been decided to file an appeal for annulment, taking into account the infractions that can be noticed in the different reasoning of the magistrates “, maintains the document presented by the government, according to La Tercera PM.

It should be remembered that earlier this month the Seventh Court of Oral Criminal Trial of Santiago issued an acquittal for two defendants by the Public Ministry as perpetrators of the fire at the Pedrero station, of the Santiago Metro, a fact registered on October 18, last year.

Is about Daniel Morales Muñoz (35) and his 16-year-old nephew, identified by the initials BESM, who had been deprived of their liberty since they were formalized last year. The Prosecutor’s office he was requesting a sentence of 20 years in prison and 10 years of provisional confinement, respectively.