US EditionProsecutor Requests Pretrial Detention for Four of the Five Military Officers Formalized for the Death of Franco Vargas
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Almost eight hours lasted the formalization of five army soldiers charged with unlawful coercion in the context of the death of the conscript Franco Vargas, on April 27, 2024.The regional prosecutor of Arica, Mario Carrera, charged Lieutenant Colonel Claudio Guajardo, Captain Michael Fritz, Lieutenant Bjorn Wohllk, Lieutenant Bastian Troncoso and Corporal Nurse Manuel Zambrano for their alleged responsibilities in four events that were part of V…
On Wednesday, the pretrial detention of four former military personnel was determined. These individuals were formalized in connection with the fatal march in Putre in April 2024, an event in which the conscript Franco Vargas died and others were injured. On the other hand, a fifth military officer involved in the events was placed under the precautionary measure of total house arrest, following the hearing held in the Court of Guarantee of Aric…
The incident dates back to April 27, 2024 in the town of Putre when the 19-year-old young soldier, Franco Vargas, died in full military march when he was subjected to low temperatures.
On Wednesday the court decreed the precautionary measure of pretrial detention for the four former military officers formalized by the death of the conscript Franco Vargas in 2024. The event occurred during a training in Putre, where, in addition to the death, other conscripts resulted in injuries of different consideration. In total, five ex-military officers were formalized this day on charges that include illegitimate coercion resulting in qu…
Judge Macarena Calas ruled the precautionary measure of pretrial detention for former commander Claudio Guajardo, former lieutenant Björn Wohllk, former lieutenant Bastian Troncoso and former military nurse Manuel Zambrano.
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