2024-09-10 03:33:42
Hermosilla’s WhatsApp conversations reveal who was his favorite to be national prosecutor. After being mentioned in one of these chats, Elizalde clarified his alleged link with the lawyer.
WhatsApp chats of Luis Hermosilla They have become a Pandora’s box, from which various edges have been opened in different corners of power, and now alleged crimes have come to light. efforts in the election of the national prosecutor.
La Tercera accessed part of the messages that the Prosecutor’s Office has access to and that this Wednesday were delivered to the brother and defender of the renowned lawyer, Juan Pablo Hermosilla.
In this sense, the alleged efforts that Luis Hermosilla attempted to make with respect to the judicial or public ministry appointmentswhere he showed his support for the candidacy of the prosecutor Jose Moralesas successor of Jorge Abbot in the National Prosecutor’s Office.
In this context, he had an exchange of messages with the lawyer Francisco Fereswho is close to the Socialist Party (PS) and a friend of the founders of the Patio group, according to the aforementioned media.
“Elizalde is putting his all into (Ángel) Valencia”Hermosilla told Feres on November 12, 2022.
To which he added: “I wish the Government were clear that the only one who has the management, leadership and technical skills to take charge of the criminal issue is JM (José Morales). This whole aspect of the national situation that will affect us in the coming years could rest on him.”
Later, the Boric Government announced that its candidate for the National Prosecutor’s Office era Jose Morales. In light of this, the conversation between Hermosilla and Feres was reactivated: “Mission accomplished… So far”said Francisco. To which Hermosilla replied: “That’s it. Take it easy.”
After that and one day before the nomination of José Morales as national prosecutor was voted on in the Senate, the criminal lawyer chatted again with Feres, in relation to the support that Morales would have.
“Do you know anything about the vote in the Senate tomorrow? Are they telling you anything in the Government?” Hermosilla asked.
To which Feres replied: “I am waiting for the latest report. We were doing well, but there are new noises… I will let you know as soon as I know.”
How did you find out about José Morales’ rejection?
In the midst of the debate in the Senate, the accused wrote to Feres again: “The 9 UDI are safe.”
This was the conversation on November 29, 2022:
- Hermosilla: How are we doing?
- Feres: I think there are 4 in RN with cave
- Hermosilla: It seems that the socialists did not get into disarray. And that we did not arrive
- Feres: It is not clear
- Hermosilla: What’s going on?
- Feres: He’s going to be elected… I think!
- Hermosilla: Is your source good?
- Feres: I think so… updating
Although they estimated that José Morales would be ratified as the new national prosecutor, with 31 votes in favor, six against and eight abstentions, The Senate rejected the proposaly Angel Valencia finally took office.
“The abstentions killed us…”, commented Feres.
Álvaro Elizalde ruled out ties with Hermosilla after mention in chats
After the aforementioned WhatsApp conversations were made public, the Minister of the General Secretariat of the Presidency, Alvaro Elizaldedenied having received pressure in the vote to elect the national prosecutor.
In this context, he argued that “I did not vote for Mr. Valencia and you can see my intervention explicitly pointing out that I did not do it because I have known him for a very long time, a friendship since the time we were students.”
“I was explicit and, from that point of view, It seemed prudent, reasonable and responsible to me to abstain,” he added.
On the other hand, the Secretary of State assured that “I have no WhatsApp exchange with Luis Hermosilla, I do not have his phone number. We have never exchanged WhatsApp messages.”
“He mentions me in a WhatsApp message that he sent to another person, where it is absolutely clear that his candidate for National Prosecutor was José Morales and not Ángel Valencia,” he said.
“I do not have to take responsibility for the WhatsApp messages sent by a person who is deprived of liberty, in preventive detention, due to an investigation that originates from a recording where he himself admits to having committed crimes,” Elizalde said.
Luis Hermosilla’s honest opinion on Sebastian Piñera
Another of Luis Hermosilla’s statements that have been exposed has to do with his opinion regarding Sebastián Piñera. The above is due to the photo of the deceased former president in Plaza Baquedano, the iconic place of the social outbreak.
Criticism was not long in coming, in fact, The New Times published an article entitled Chilean President sparks outrage with visit to protest square. The article was sent via WhatsApp by businessman Antonio Jalaff to Luis Hermosilla.
To this, the lawyer reacted: “He’s an idiot!!”. A rating that Jalaff agreed with: “A real moron,” he replied. “He went too far”the criminal lawyer replied at that time.