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The Santiago Court of Appeals upheld the prosecution of three retired Army officers, for its responsibility in the theft or destruction of files of the National Information Center (CNI), at the School of Intelligence, between 2000 and 2001.
The resolution was issued on February 7, 2020 by the minister on an extraordinary visit, Mario Carroza.
In this way and by unanimous ruling, the First Chamber of the appeal court confirmed the resolution, leaving the former lieutenant colonel, Mercedes del Carmen Rojas Kuschevich, submitted to trial as the author of the crime.
Meanwhile, the resolution maintained the processes and degrees of participation of the retired general and former director of intelligence of the Army, Eduardo Jara Hallad, as the author of the crime; and the former chief of the Army General Staff, Carlos Patricio Chacón Guerrero, as cover-up.
In addition, the ruling indicates that the resolution meets the legal requirements and that “the destruction of documents and the quality of public officials are indisputable facts and, in terms of participation, it is duly demonstrated with the recognition that is reflected in their statements. ”.
In this regard, the plaintiff lawyer from London 38, Magdalena Garcés, stated that “we are very happy and very happy to hear about the ruling. We consider that it is a historical failure and of enormous importance in the search for truth and justice, and the establishment of guarantees of non-repetition ”.
“We believe that the events that gave rise to this cause are very serious, inasmuch as it involves the destruction of files in democracy, in the context of the dialogue table, the arrest of Pinochet in London, CNI files that in Generally, we could not find, ”he added.
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