2023 New Year pardons
On 31 December 2023, Chilean President Gabriel Boric made use of a discretionary power Law 18.050 confers to presidents of the republic and pardoned thirteen convicts.[1][2] Initially, eleven pardonees were announced but this was soon corrected with the addition of two more convicts.[3]
The pardoned convicts were all men in the age span of 21 to 48 years.[2] Among the pardonees is Jorge Mateluna, a former member of Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front who was serving a sentence for robbing a Santander bank in 2013.[1][2] Boric has expressed his belief that Mateluna is innocent of the 2013 robbery.[4] Mateluna had previously been detained and tried in 1992 for illicit association under the Chilean antiterrorism law. He was pardoned for this in 2004 during the Government of Ricardo Lagos.[5]
Other pardoned convicts were serving time for arson, plunder and attempted murder against police in the context of the massive 2019–2020 Chilean protests.[1][2] Previously Boric had supported a failed law project in the Senate of Chile to grant amnesty to convicts related to the protests.[2]
The pardons drew criticism from the right-wing parties National Renewal and Independent Democratic Union.[1] Deputies of the opposition parties National Renewal, Independent Democratic Union and Evópoli left a cross-partisan public security board in protest.[6]
One of the pardoned convicts was detained again on December 14, 2023 on the charges of extorsive kidnapping and violent robbery.[7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Montes, Rocío (2022-12-30). "Boric indulta a 12 condenados por delitos del estallido social del 2019". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-01-05.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Caro, Isabel; Martínez, Catalina (2022-12-30). "Presidente Boric indulta a doce condenados en el marco del estallido social y al exfrentista Jorge Mateluna". La Tercera (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-01-03.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ Reyes, Felipe; Ruiz-Tagle, Daniela; Espinoza Riquelme, Nicolás (2022-12-30). "Indultos de Boric ascienden a 13: La Moneda reconoce que "por error" no incluyó a dos personas". Radio Bío-Bío (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-01-07.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ Ortiz, Florencia; Ruiz-Tagle, Daniela (2023-01-02). "Boric por indultos: "Tengo plena convicción de la inocencia" de Jorge Mateluna". Radio Bío-Bío (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-01-07.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ "Quién es Jorge Mateluna, el exguerrillero del polémico indulto de Boric". Swissinfo (in Spanish). 2023-01-03. Retrieved 2024-01-07.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ Ortiz, Florencia; Olguín, Gonzalo (2022-12-30). "Diputados UDI, RN y Evópoli se bajan de mesa de seguridad con el Gobierno tras indultos de Boric". Radio Bío-Bío (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-01-07.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
- ↑ Montes, Rocío (2023-12-14). "Detenido Luis Castillo, uno de los indultados de Boric, a tres días del plebiscito en Chile". El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-01-05.CS1 maint: Unrecognized language (link)
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