“Naturally we are not satisfied with the resolution.”
With those words, the lawyer of the mayor of Recoleta, Daniel Jadue, reacted to the determination of the Court of Appeals of Santiago that agreed to reject the appeal presented by the defense against the resolution that ordered it to remain in preventive detention after its formalization in the framework of the Achifarp case.
“The background information so far gathered in the investigative file, the context provided by the Public Ministry in this hearing and the elements of judgment described by the interveners are sufficient to distort the appellant’s allegations that Jadue was unaware of the criminal actions charged,” Minister Jessica González announced on the afternoon of Wednesday, June 12. And she added that the “Qualified antecedents (gathered) determine that the only measure that is proportional to the purposes of the procedure is preventive detention.”.
For the same reason, and despite the fact that those who have been able to know how the mayor made the determination of the capital’s appeal court They indicated that he remains calmhis defense began to outline what steps to follow, as they insisted that preventive detention is “disproportionate.”
At the end of the hearing, in fact, Ramón Sepúlveda indicated: “We believe that it is a resolution unfounded, unjustified and we will take the corresponding actions to be able to change Daniel Jadue’s precautionary measure as soon as possible.”
What actions are being evaluated? For now, sources close to the communal chief They rule out that his lawyer is going to appeal for protection to reverse the precautionary measure that keeps him confined in the Capitán Yáber Penitentiary Annex, in the commune of Santiago.
According to officials, in fact, They hope to gather new information as soon as possible. that allow the criminal to request precautionary review before the Third Guarantee Court of Santiago.
Among them, as this media learned, it will be requested that the prosecutor in charge of the case, Giovanna Herrerainstruct the carrying out of a series of new procedures, such as taking statements from other officials of the Municipality, the Chilean Association of Popular Pharmacies and also the store led by Lautaro Carmona.
Likewise, they would request that testimonies be collected from people who benefited from the hearing aid program and other benefits that Achifarp included.
Likewise, those familiar with the case affirm that Jadue’s defense is waiting for police reports that the pursuer commissioned in order to specify the costs of the species that were seized and that would have been part of the association’s assets.
In the same sense, new requests are not ruled out so that police officers can gather more information on machines that were found in the offices of the Fulap foundation – created by Jadue and other mayors after Achifarp stopped working – to determine if they actually correspond. to those owned by the association.
Defense negotiations, likewise, include the strategic support of leaders of the Communist Party. And as could be seen during the hearing where the Court reviewed the appeal, Hugo Gutiérrez joined the first line of support for the communal chief and will continue in that role.
Both he and the deputy Carmen Hertz They have a relevant role in the defense, because although they do not have a direct impact on judicial proceedings, they do address the most political aspect of the case and make technical recommendations during the process.
For the moment, yes, It is ruled out that the defense is reinforced with other lawyers and, as he has collected ThirdRamón Sepúlveda will continue to be – at least for now – Jadue’s main representative in this case.
The above, because the evaluations carried out in the mayor’s environment, as they transmit, continue to refer to the fact that what is necessary has been done to demonstrate that he is not linked to illegal acts and that it has been the magistrates who have made erroneous assessments of the antecedents.
The scenario could vary, in any case, if, faced with a possible review of precautionary measures, the community leader suffers a setback again.
