Due to pending expert reports, the investigation period was extended once morest the former general directors of the Carabineros, Bruno Villalobos, Gustavo González Jure and Eduardo Gordon, charged with embezzlement of public funds. In addition, the house arrest that the retired generals were serving was revoked.
With a weekly signature and national roots, the ex-general directors of Carabineros charged with embezzlement of public funds with funds earmarked for Reserved Expenses.
Is regarding Gustavo González Jure, Bruno Villalobos Krumm and Eduardo Gordon Valcárcel, who headed the institution between 2008 and 2015.
Although the three were in pretrial detention, the Seventh Guarantee Court of Santiago lowered its precautionary measures.
Let us remember that according to the investigation of the Central North Prosecutor’s Office, González Jure subtracted $1,181 million from Reserved Expenses between 2011 and 2015. And according to the Public Ministry, of that amount, $123 million went into his pocket.
Meanwhile, his successor, Villalobos Krumm, would have appropriated $606 million between 2015 and 2018, keeping $67 million for his own benefit.
However, during this day they began to have less burdensome precautionary measures, such as weekly signature and national roots.
Octavio Sufán, Head of Studies at the North Metropolitan Ombudsman’s Office, He affirmed that they will prove that Villalobos did not commit any crime.
The defender of González Jure, on the other hand, the attorney Peter Orthusteguy, He explained that at the hearing, apart from modifying the precautionary measures, they were reformed.
In this way, despite the fact that they continue to be investigated for the crime of embezzlement of public funds, dates were specified, extending the investigation period by four months, due to pending proceedings.
About, the prosecutor in the case and persecutor of the Central North Prosecutor’s Office, Ximena Chong, It maintained that the precautionary measures are proportional at this procedural stage.
Let us remember that in this case the former undersecretary of Carabineros, Javiera Blanco. However, the Supreme Court confirmed its dismissal following dismissing the complaint appeals filed by the Central North Prosecutor’s Office and the State Defense Council.
