“This is a very serious crime called kidnapping qualified as kidnapping with homicide, which until a few years ago in Chile was only punishable with the death penalty,” said lawyer Juan Carlos Manríquez on Channel 13. “If one blinds oneself with a single thesis at the beginning can make the mistake of having tunnel vision and, ultimately, contaminate the research,” he noted.
Two days after the body of Lieutenant (r) Ronald Ojeda was found in a camp in Maipú, Mesa Central of Canal 13 interviewed Juan Carlos Manríquez, lawyer for the family of the deceased soldier, who pointed out that “we have not talked about a single motive, many or several (…) in these complex investigations it is progress that has to elucidate that point.” “In this type of matter, no motive can be ruled out,” he added.
- “This is a very serious crime called kidnapping qualified as kidnapping with homicide, which until a few years ago in Chile was only punished with the single death penalty,” said the lawyer.
- “If one blinds oneself to a single thesis at the beginning, one can make the mistake of having tunnel vision and, ultimately, contaminate the research,” he noted.
- “It is not advisable to get excited about any thesis or discard it so quickly,” he said.
- Furthermore, he pointed out that “what the family wants to confirm or rule out is a complete identity. We understand that the genetic analyzes will be there during the day.” Precisely, the lieutenant’s brother, Javier Ojeda, had asked that the family be able to see the body of his brother Ronald.
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Procedures in progress. The Prosecutor’s Office announced on Saturday that “in response to pending proceedings, the Guarantee Court extended the detention of the 17-year-old defendant detained for kidnapping Ronald Ojeda. Formalization will take place this Monday, March 4.”
- The detainee is a Venezuelan citizen who is irregularly in the country and who is accused as “perpetrator in the crime of kidnapping for homicide.”
- Prosecutor Barros said that it was a reserved hearing because “there are pending proceedings,” adding that there are three “arrest warrants” issued in this case, one of which has already been completed with the arrest of the 17-year-old boy.
- In addition, he pointed out that “other procedures are being carried out to establish the participation of other subjects since only three people personally participate in the kidnapping but there are also others covering and participating in other events that basically have to do with the transfer of the victim.” to other places.”
- The discovery of Ronald Ojeda’s body occurred after police officers carried out investigations in the Vicente Reyes de Maipú camp, in search of human remains.
- Barros specified that the approximate date of death was “between 7 and 10 days,” which suggests that he was murdered shortly after his kidnapping.
- The body was inside a suitcase 1.4 meters deep. A backhoe was needed to remove it.
2024-03-03 15:14:24
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