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Pepper pointed out on Friday a political motive organized from Venezuela as the origin of the crime of a former military dissident of the regime Nicolás Maduro who lived as a refugee in Santiagodeclared the Minister of the Interior, Carolina Tohá.
Ronaldo Ojedaretired Army military officer Venezuelawas kidnapped on February 21 after being taken in his underwear early in the morning from the apartment where he lived in Santiago by people pretending to be Chilean police officers.
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Nine days later, Ojeda32 years old, was found dead inside a suitcase that had been buried in a neighborhood in the Chilean capital.
The accusation to point “for I think the most plausible hypothesis is that there was a mobile political“, said the Minister of the Interior in a statement at the Government Palace.
“Whose is this?” mobile political? The investigation itself has to clarify this,” she added.
The investigation so far has established that members of a transnational criminal gang, possibly the “Tren de Aragua”, were the material perpetrators of an organized kidnapping. in Venezuela.
The victim had no relationship with the crime organized and carried out legal activities in Pepperwho granted him refuge political after escaping from a Venezuelan prison after being accused of conspiracy.
“The profile that the victim has is a profile political. We are talking about a victim who participated in actions against the Venezuelan government and who, secondly, has been detained for nine months in Venezuela and he ran away.”The prosecutor explained this Friday for responsible for the investigation, Héctor Barros.
“I never said that it is counterintelligence, but that it is a transnational crime that was organized in Venezuela”Barros said.
Two Venezuelans have already been identified as authors of the crime. The Public Prosecutor’s Office claims they escaped almost immediately for your country, to which you will request your extradition.
“In the next phase the international aspects (of the investigation) will be for assume a decisive role (…) As a government we are for put all the instruments we have for willingness in the effort to bring justice in this case.”added Minister Tohá.
Pepper I called on Thursday for queries for its ambassador in Caracas, Jaime Gazmuri, after considering it “an insult” that the Venezuelan government denied the existence of the Aragua Train, whose operations branched out into Pepper and other countries.
Carolina Tohá ruled out for now the formal interruption of diplomatic relations with the government of Nicolás Maduro.
“If the country followed this path at this moment it would be giving up for any possibility of justice in this case and that is what we want for Prioritize”said the minister, consulted by journalists.
“What happened is important for Pepper. We give it the utmost seriousness, but it is also important for Venezuela. The eyes go for focus on your behavior“added Tohá.
Source: Elcomercio
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