The Chilean Minister of Public Security, Luis Corderoannounced Thursday that the police officer was charged who is investigated for the death of two fans of Colo Colo Before the match for the group E of the Copa Libertadores between the local team and the Brazilian fortress.
Cordero confirmed the measure and assured that the uniformed man has been separated from his functions, waiting to conclude research on his alleged responsibility.
At a press conference, Cordero also revealed that he had accepted the resignation of Pamela Venegas, Chief of the Institution Safe Stadium, after mortal incidents in the previous party and its suspension in the 72nd minute after the invasion of the court by a group of local radical followers who protested by the death of the 18 -year -old girl and a child of 13.
According to witnesses, both would have perished run over by a “zorrillo” (police vehicle that launches toxic gases) under a fence fallen into a confusing incident with a small group of fans who apparently would have broken the security ring with the intention of entering without entry into the stadium.
And although the original thesis was that the child and the young woman were crushed because of the stampede produced by the police intervention, stories of witnesses and the sister of one of the victims suggest that it would have been the police vehicle that would have passed over them and would have crushed them.
In statements released by the local press, Bárbara Pérezsister of the 18 -year -old, denounced that the police lie, insisted that she had her entry bought and demanded justice.
“She came with entry into hand, card and everything. They were not going to strain, as they say,” he added.
The victim, fan of Colo Colohe attended the game with two friends when, according to preliminary reports, a police vehicle throws gases (Zorrillo) hit her. Nicolás, her friend, grabbed her to save her, but the car went on to take her the same, ”he said visibly affected.
“I was crushed. I will not give more details because it is very hard,” he said, although he insisted that the driver’s driver “never showed up or gave explanations.”
The young woman also questioned the preliminary story of the Military Police, which blamed the victim’s friends, two of whom were arrested and taken to declare.
“Carabineros accused them of provoking the accident, but they only tried to enter the stadium like anyone. We know nothing about them because they were treated as criminals,” he said.
“The driver fled. Only one officer had the decency to talk to me. No one has contacted us of the Prosecutor’s Office… “Why didn’t the car stop if he saw young people there?”
“He was quiet, he did not generate disorders. He was always
Minutes before, the prosecutor Francisco Moralescited by the Chilean Digital Emol newspaper, he had explained that “there is a stampede that implies the fall of a fence and, at this time, it is being investigated if some police car had, finally, in the death,” he explained.
“For now, what is known is that one of the bars crushes these two young people with a greater weight, a weight that can be attributable to different causes and all are being investigated as possible work hypotheses to be able to determine which was, finally, the cause of the death of these young people,” he added.
According to this version, “these people, according to the preliminary background, along with at least one hundred other subjects, tried to throw bars with the interest of trying to the monumental stadium and is in that unclear context, for the moment, that the fact is verified.”
“We are working with all technical means and, in addition, with the cameras that are in the place to determine the form of occurrence of the facts,” he said.
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About the alleged criminal responsibility of the policeMorales He explained that “the person who was driving the car for the moment has the quality of accused, notwithstanding that he has not proceeded to arrest, since there is no cause that enables the arrest so far.”
The official added that “all proceedings are being carried out in order to clarify or determine whether or not to participate” of the uniformed.
Despite the incidents, the game started with the stadium full, but was suspended at 72 minutes because of an invasion of the court by the fans of Colo Colo and for the incidents that continued producing throughout the night outside the stadium.
In this context, the Institute of Human Rights (INDH) of the Metropolitan Region announced, for its part, that it is “evaluating judicial actions” for the death of the two young people.
“All this for the purpose of lifting all the necessary information and background that will help us to evaluate the judicial actions to follow in this serious case,” said Beatriz Contreras, Chief Metropolitan, before pointing out that he will contact the East Prosecutor’s Office and the head of Carabineros metropolitan zone to know their versions.
