2024-04-27 04:48:26
The appeal was presented after the TC refused to suspend the formalization of the general director of the Carabineros.
The defense of the general director of Carabineros, Ricardo Yáñez, presented this Wednesday before the Court of Appeals a appeal for protection, given the possible provision of preventive detention against him during his formalizationscheduled for next May 7.
According to what was stated by the defense of the police chief, the prosecutor investigating the case, Ximena Chong plans to request the most severe precautionary measure on that occasion against the highest authority of the uniformed institution.
In the text, it is stated that the Public Ministry, “violating the guarantees of due process and ignoring the right to defense” of the accused, “intends to deprive Mr. Yáñez of personal freedom through arbitrary and illegal preventive detention“.
In the appeal presented in the appeal court, it is added that, due to the above, “the personal freedom and individual security” of the general director of Carabineros is directly disturbed and threatened “by unconstitutional and illegal administrative acts committed by the Public Ministry, due to the imminent precautionary measure of preventive detention“.
The document adds: “It is worth asking How long will it take to formalize this enormous amount of facts? determined to date against Mr. Yáñez and the consequent discussion of the precautionary measures.”
“Because of the above, it is necessary to take advantage of this preventive protection, the rule of law must be reestablished through recognition of the fundamental norms of due process“adds the resource.
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The decision of Ricardo Yáñez’s defense to present the appeal for protection occurred the day after The Constitutional Court will refuse to suspend the formalization of the police chiefscheduled for May 7.
Although it initially accepted the appeal presented in this regard, it finally The TC decided not to support the request of Yáñez’s defense.
The formalization of General Ricardo Yáñez is part of his alleged command responsibility for cases of human rights violations during the social outbreak of 2019.