The representative of the Public Ministry pointed out that so far “we have two victims as of today. We have not received information about a third victim.”
Francisco Lanas, from the Eastern Metropolitan Prosecutor’s Office, provided details of the raid carried out on Jorge Valdivia’s apartment, within the framework of the two rape complaints faced by the former soccer player, who is in preventive detention in the Rancagua prison.
Lanas declared to the press that, after the approval of Valdivia himself and his defense, “Work was carried out at the site of the event, in Mr. Valdivia’s apartment, work that was carried out by OS 9 of Carabineros and Labocar. Diligence in which evidence was collected, which was considered successful up to this point and which will be added to the background of the investigation.”
The representative of Public Ministry He stressed that “this is an ongoing investigation, which adds to this new complaint that was made known yesterday and at the moment we cannot make any further comments on the proceedings” and pointed out that So far “we have two victims today. “We have not received information about a third victim.”
Along these lines he explained that, regarding the first complaint against Jorge Valdivia, “it was not in flagrante delicto, but very close to the time of flagrante delicto. Flagrancy is 12 hours and this happens shortly after 12 hours. Basically, no more than a day had passed, so carrying out an investigation a few hours after it happened makes the issue easier.”
When asked about the raid on Jorge Valdivia’s apartment, he indicated that it corresponded to “gathering of photographic evidence (…) very similar to the work at the scene of what we would call the first case: eventual discovery of biological evidence, technological elements… “which allows us to corroborate the victims’ statements regarding the descriptions of the places.”
This article reports on an ongoing judicial process, so people identified as detained or charged should not be considered guilty or treated as such until they are convicted by a final sentence (Article 4 of the Criminal Procedure Code).
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