Longueira’s Lawyer After Sqm’s Verdict: “He Was Persecuted because He Was a Figure Particularly Relevant to His Political Adversaries”

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According to the lawyer who represented Pablo Longueira in the midst of the oral trial of the SQM case, Alejandro Espinoza, this Wednesday ended a real ordeal for his representative. In an interview with La Tercera, the defender of the former minister and extimonel of the UDI claims that his representative faced for years accusations based on evidence that they considered false, so for them there was no choice but to absolution. “Justice was don…

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The Third Oral Court of Santiago acquitted the eight defendants in the SQM case, including Pablo Longueira, Marco Enríquez-Ominami and Patricio Contesse, after the investigation for alleged illegal funding of the policy. The court harshly questioned the Public Prosecutor's Office for grouping different cases, which prolonged the process and deteriorated the quality of the evidence. According to the ruling, neither the false ballots nor the exist…

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The lawyer called it “unbelievable” for the court to rule out illegal financing in the SQM case despite the company’s recognition in the US, and charged “unsustainable” arguments to acquit Longueira, questioning his denial of public service status for using private mail.

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The Third Court of Oral Trial in the Criminal Court of Santiago today – Wednesday, October 22 – pronounced an acquittal verdict in favor of the accused Patricio Contesse González, Carmen Luz Valdivielso Almarza, Marisol Cavieres Romero, Marcelo Rozas López, Roberto León Araya, Marco Enríquez Ominami Gumucio and Cristián Warner Villagrán, of the charges brought against them by [...] La entrada Longueira, ME-O and Contesse are acquitted in case SQ…

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On the outskirts of the Santiago Justice Center, the former minister said that “I am the most reviewed politician in Chile, most persecuted. I was raided, persecuted, given false evidence, lied.”