Eugenio Campos, the "Pacogate" prosecutor, is appointed as the new head of the Anti-Corruption Unit

the national prosecutor, Angel Valenciaappointed the head of the Magallanes Regional Prosecutor’s Office, Eugenio Camposas the new head of the Anti-Corruption Unit, after the vacancy left by martha herrera.

Campos has a 21-year career in the Public Ministry, where he applied after leaving the Military Prosecutor’s Office. The persecutor achieved greater media recognition after being in charge of the investigation of the millionaire fraud in Carabineros, known as Pacogate.

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Likewise, he conducted the investigation into the accident of the Hercules C-130 of the Chilean Air Force, which occurred in December 2019.

He was also close to the former national prosecutor George Abbott. In fact, Abbott appointed Campos to investigate the allegations made by the assistant prosecutor Sergio Moya against his direct boss, the prosecutor of the O’Higgins region, emiliano ariasfor the crime of violation of secrecy.

A group of associations of officials from the North, South and West Metropolitan Region Prosecutor’s Office accused Campos, in 2019, for the way in which he led the investigations against Arias.

“Within the first proceedings carried out by the regional prosecutor. Mr. Eugenio Campos, open acts have been carried out that could be considered discriminatory or vexatious, which seek to intimidate and intimidate the officials who must testify in the ongoing criminal investigation,” they indicated.

They indicated that “undue pressure was exerted and that they are not consistent with the quality of witnesses they have and even more considering the institution to which they belong that they are treated as defendants.”

The Oral Criminal Court of Rancagua acquitted Arias in June 2022.

Campos was a candidate for national prosecutor last year. However, he did not manage to enter the machine drawn up by the Supreme Court.