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With La Moneda as the stage, and after participating in the meeting of the commission that analyzes the reform of the Carabineros, the National Prosecutor, Jorge Abbott, raised the concern of the Public Ministry about the threats against the persecutor Ximena Chong, who has been the victim of actions of intimidation on social networks and even at his home for the investigation of the Puente Pío Nono case.
Abbott confirmed that “we have made present to the Government that it is essential for the work of prosecutors to have the most absolute assurance that they can carry out their duties without being faced with threats of any nature.”
In this context, the head of the Public Ministry was emphatic in pointing out that “the rule of law is put at risk when prosecutors from the Public Ministry are threatened as Prosecutor Chong has been,” and also put pressure on the Government.
“We have indicated and made present to the Government this concern and need to have the necessary security to carry out our work well. We have had conversations, they have given us some background information, we expect concrete actions in the future to be able to ensure the safety of our prosecutors throughout the country, ”said Abbott.
It should be remembered that the prosecutor led on Sunday the formalization of the Carabinero Sebastián Zamora, who was in preventive prison for the attempted murder of the 16-year-old boy pushed to the bed of the Mapocho river last Friday. But not only that, it also opened new lines of investigation for concealment, obstruction of the investigation and forgery of public instruments, edges that clearly complicate the superiors. In that instance, she was insulted on social networks and her personal data was disclosed.
Then, on Wednesday, the National Prosecutor contacted Interior Minister Víctor Pérez to denounce other episodes of threats that the prosecutor has suffered, such as the delivery of a letter to her home and the control by the PDI of the lieutenant colonel of Carabineros Freddy Vergara, who was caught hanging around the lawyer’s home. The police officer assured that everything was a misunderstanding, and this Friday he testified before the Special Police Investigations Brigade (BIPE) of the Investigative Police.
The Prosecutor’s Office opened an ex officio investigation by prosecutor Francisco Jacir and the prosecutor was under the protection of the PDI. “This is an episode that worries me about my family, but we continue working,” the prosecutor told yesterday. CNN Chile.
Solidarity with Chong
This situation has generated a wave of solidarity reactions towards the prosecutor. The opposition has indicated that this fact makes the continuity of the General Director of the Carabineros, Mario Rozas, unsustainable. The National Prosecutor’s Office also issued a statement describing the intimidation of any of our prosecutors as “unacceptable.” The Association of Prosecutors closed ranks with Ximena Chong and questioned the “lack of firmness” of the Government. “We do not want to have prosecutors tomorrow murdered ”, they warned.
These expressions of support were joined by 103 lawyers who signed a letter in support of Chong. “As women of law, we strongly condemn the threats and acts of intimidation against Ms. Ximena Chong” and criticize the “misogynistic nature of many of the insults and criticisms” that the prosecutor has received, especially through social networks and in the media.
“Acts of threats against public officials are always repudiable (…) In this case, they are especially unfair, because they are directed towards a person who carries out their work, with the same commitment and professionalism, regardless of who they are and how much power the people have. involved in criminal acts or the victims of these, “they say.
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