This morning the formalization of the two alleged perpetrators of the megafire that affected the Valparaíso Region last February, who correspond to a Firefighter volunteer and an official from the National Forestry Corporation (Conaf).
During this Friday the firefighter was arrested Francisco Mondaca Mella – 22 years old – and later a man was arrested Conaf official, who were accused of material author and intellectual author – respectively –, of the megafire that started in Fundo Las Tablas on February 2 and expanded to the communes of Viña del Mar, Valparaíso, Quilpué and Villa Alemana.
Specialized personnel from the Investigative Police managed to collect audiovisual images that reconstructed the route of the person who started the fire.
The hearing takes place in the Guarantee Court of Valparaísoto which security measures have been reinforced, especially at the front of the court.
He Public Ministry requests preventive detention for the two arrested.
Given the situation, the Minister of Agriculture, Esteban Valenzueladescribed the event as “outrageous” and added that “in its seriousness, it confirms what was always said that there was intentionality here and people colluding to do it.”
“We have to wait for the investigation to progress. If there are people from institutions involved, all protocols must be strengthened so that this does not happen again.. “Let justice be done to the victims, the relatives of the people who died in this fire,” he concluded.
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