US EditionDirector of Nhris Qualifies Crespo’s Absolution as “Concerning” and Claims that They Warned of the Effects of the Nain-Retamal Law
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The director of the National Institute of Human Rights, Yerko Ljubetic, described as “concerning” the decision of the Fourth Oral Court in criminal matters to acquit Claudio Crespo in the Gustavo Gatica case, while claiming that they had already warned of the effects that the Nain-Retamal Law might have. In conversation with Radio DNA, Ljubetic pointed out that for NHRIs, the decision taken by the court generates “important concern”, adding that…
In a chapter of El Análisis Político, Rodrigo Bravo addressed the decision of the Fourth Oral Court in the Criminal Court of Santiago that acquitted ex-Carabiniero Claudio Crespo of the crime of illegitimate coercion resulting in extremely serious injuries, in the case of Gustavo Gatica, who lost the vision of both eyes in the social explosion.
Lawyers Mauricio Daza and Macarena Solís addressed whether or not the initiative approved in 2023 during Gabriel Boric's administration could be applied and why it was retroactive. The case of Gustavo Gatica against Claudio Crespo, accused of blinding him with a riot shotgun blast during the social uprising, was one of the most high-profile and emblematic cases in recent times. For this reason, its resolution was eagerly awaited. After six years…
After five years of trial, the former colonel of Carabineros Claudio Crespo, accused of unlawful coercion against Gustavo Gatica, then a protester and now a deputy-elect, was acquitted today by the fourth oral court in criminal matters. In his ruling, the three judges criticized the prosecution’s actions. They implied that the Public Prosecutor’s Office acted with bias, since it presented in detail the incriminating arguments against Crespo but …
The verdict handed down by the Fourth Oral Court in the Criminal Court of Santiago is not only a blow to Gustavo Gatica; it is a worrying signal about how our society and our institutions prosecute trauma and responsibility. After six years of waiting and a trial that lasted more than 200 days, the justice system determined that there is not enough evidence to convict the former Carabineros commando, Claudio Crespo, for the crime of illegitimate…
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