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Chile Begins First Trial for the Murder of Venezuelan Dissident Ronald Ojeda · Global Voices

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The Prosecutor's Office requested 20 years in prison for Maickel David Villegas Rodríguez, accused of participating in the kidnapping and murder of the former military opponent of Nicolás Maduro. Investigators maintain that the crime was commissioned to the Aragua Train by Diosdado Cabello, one of the main figures of Chavismo.

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This Friday will continue the oral trial against Maickel Villegas Rodríguez for the kidnapping with murder of former Venezuelan lieutenant Ronald Ojeda. The Prosecutor’s Office held that it is facing a politically motivated case by the Venezuelan government, requesting a 20-year prison sentence for the accused. In the Second Oral Court in ... Continue reading "Fiscalía requests 20 years in prison for accused of the crime of Ronald Ojeda and poin…

·Concepción, Chile
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The Prosecutor's Office requested 20 years in prison for Maickel David Villegas Rodríguez, accused of participating in the kidnapping and murder of the former military opponent of Nicolás Maduro. Investigators maintain that the crime was commissioned to the Aragua Train by Diosdado Cabello, one of the main figures of Chavismo.

·Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
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Prosecutor Héctor Barros gave details of the beginning of the trial

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According to the indictment of the South Prosecutor's Office, Maikel Villegas Rodríguez carried out surveillance, coverage and support in the group's transfers that resulted in the kidnapping of the Venezuelan dissident military in Indepedencia in 2024.

·Las Condes, Chile
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The Chilean Public Prosecutor's Office requested 20 years in prison against Maickel David Villegas Rodríguez, a member of the transnational band Tren de Aragua, accused of the kidnapping and murder of former Venezuelan military officer Ronald Ojeda, which took place in 2024, whose trial began on Thursday at the Second Oral Court in Santiago. Villegas, extradited to Chile [...] The Chilean Public Prosecutor's Office entry calls for 20 years in pr…

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The trial of Maickel Villegas Rodríguez, a member of the Aragua Train extradited from Costa Rica, begins in Santiago under the fiscal premise of a coordinated political motivation from Caracas.

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La Tercera broke the news in Las Condes, Chile on Wednesday, September 9, 2026.
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