The CNN Chile / Chilevisión cameraman arrested this Monday during a protest that the Coordinating Assembly of Secondary Students (ACES) carried out outside the Ministry of Education will be released.
According to information from Radio Bío Bío, the professional of the press identified as Álex Cuadra will remain only as noticedThis is waiting to be summoned by the North Central Prosecutor’s Office to give a statement.
Cuadra was apprehended by Carabineros personnel in the middle of a protest against the carrying out of the Transition Test.
Police explanation
Lieutenant Colonel Héctor Canales, commissioner of the Third Police Station of Santiago, assured that the cameraman was detained by oppose the action of the Carabineros.
“People must understand that, for the safety of all actors, they must keep a safe distance in the middle of a police procedure ”, he explained.
However, he added that “it is evident that the cameraman was fulfilling a function of informing“Therefore, he announced that they will review the performance of the uniformed men who participated in the procedure.
“We will review the relevance of our performance, but we also ask those who are playing a role, to know how to maintain that distance that is requested in a procedure that is complex in itself “, he said.
Canales closed stating that “we all want to do our job and to do it well we must be coordinated“.
This article describes an ongoing legal process
There is a possibility that the charges will be dismissed at the end of the investigation, therefore The accused (s) should NOT be considered guilty until Justice dictates sentence against him.
(Article 04 of the Code of Criminal Procedure)
