During this Monday it was reported that the retired Carabineros officer, Rene Villarroel -alias “Juan Metralla”-, accused of killing the former deputy, Luis Espinozain 1973 he turned himself in to justice after being a fugitive for nine days.
To remember that Villarroel was sentenced to 15 years and one day for killing the former parliamentarian of the Socialist Party and for the homicide of the peasant, Abraham Olivein the northern sector of Frutillar, Los Lagos region, in December 1973, in the context of the civic-military dictatorship.
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Fugitive from justice
Last Friday, July 29 at 2:00 p.m., the sentence of René Villarroel began in the Punta Peuco prison, which had been sentenced by the Supreme Court. However, the accused of the two murders did not appear.
This fact was denounced by Senator fidel espinoza (PS), son of Luis Espinoza, and even the family of “Juan Metralla” filed a complaint for alleged misfortune.
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Before René Villarroel himself was handed over to justice, the parliamentarian of the Socialist Party, Fidel Espinoza, was the one who confirmed the news.
“We received the news with great calm (…) I want to take the opportunity to give infinite thanks to the work of the PDI, which already had a history, and we believe that this was an element that triggered the adoption of this human rights violator,” he said. in Radio Bio Bio.
Finally, he pointed out that both families (Espinoza – Oliva) are calm, since “it allows closing a painful cycle that lasted more than four decades.”
