The defense of Sebastián Zamora, a police officer discharged and accused of pushing a minor from the Pío Nono Bridge to the bed of the Mapocho River In the middle of a demonstration on October 2 in Plaza Baquedano, he indicated that he has been denied access to the videos of the GoPro camera that was used by the accused.
Nudia Vivanco, a lawyer from Zamora, said that she sent two emails to the prosecutor Ximena Chong, requesting copies of the records, although without receiving a response. Third.
In this regard, he indicated that “it is curious that they just do not want to make the images from the cameras known before the referendum. As a defense, we are considering presenting a Caution of Guarantees “.
Along these lines, he added that “today we are not being allowed to defend Sebastián on equal terms. Here equality before the law is being flagrantly violated “.
In turn, he asserted that “after our notice, the prosecutor Chong asks the guarantee judge for direct access to the images from the camera, even before they were appraised. The prosecutor obtains the ‘ok’ of access to this material in record time, while until today we are not allowed to access the video ”.
“We do not understand what he wants to hide. What is in the video that must be kept secret. Yesterday the court upheld its decision to formally deny us access, stating that ‘for now’ we cannot see it. It’s all very strange, “he said.
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On Thursday afternoon, it was announced that the Carabineros notified Sebastián Zamora’s discharge, after the events denounced.
The decision should be because omitted information regarding the body cameras he carried and the pendrive that he had in his locker at the 40th Police Station.
The notification was given in person in Pudahuel Norte, where he is serving preventive detention.
It should be noted that the carabinero was formalized by the prosecutor Ximena Chong for the attempted murder crime.
In the framework of the proceedings, the persecutor asked to seize the pendrive, a memory card and two GoPro cameras, to continue with the investigation to clarify how the events developed.
