The former Undersecretary of the Interior not only instructed to obtain the videos of the Panamericano Hotel, but also those corresponding to the historic center of Santiago, specifically to the areas near the Ají Seco restaurant, Mac-Iver, and the Teatinos con Huérfanos area.
The case of Manuel Monsalve continues to add new precedentsafter it became known that he had taken steps to have The Investigative Police (PDI) obtained the images from the security camera of the municipality of Santiago of last December 22.
According to La Tercera, the controversy would be in the reasons that the PDI gave to the municipality to access said records, since they pointed to the investigation of an alleged “kidnapping”.
In this way, the former Undersecretary of the Interior He not only instructed to obtain the videos of the Hotel Panamericano, but also those corresponding to the historic center of Santiago.specifically to the areas near the Ají Seco restaurant, Mac-Iver, and the Teatinos con Huérfanos area.
This request would have materialized thanks to the fact that Manuel Monsalve invoked the Security Law and asked Cristina Vilches, now former national head of Intelligence of the PDI, to have access to said records, a situation that finally cost him his position this Thursday.
Thus, Civil police officers arrived on October 11 at the central camera station of the municipality of Santiago to remove the videos. covered by the collaboration agreement between both entities.
For his part, Kevin Díaz, director of Security of the municipality, warned this Wednesday that this situation had materialized, so he sent a letter to the North Central Prosecutor’s Office to report the situation.
“They said it was for a kidnapping, so he was given access under protocol,” said those familiar with the procedure carried out by the PDI. and that will now be investigated along with the review of cameras at the Panamericano Hotel and the monitoring of the complainant ordered by Monsalve.