After the arrest control and subsequent formalization, the The Antofagasta regional prosecutor’s office achieved preventive detention for the nine former Cobreloa cadets investigated for a rape complaint that occurred in 2021.
He Guarantee Court of Calama adopted the measure when considering the accused a «danger to the security of society.»
The detainees were identified as Oscar Ramírez Mendoza, Cristóbal Saravia Arredondo, Jhan Góngora Ordóñez, Rivaldo Hernández Pizarro, Nicolás Navarro Villafuerte, Patricio Romero Leiva, Lucas Román Avilés, Joaquín Agüero Núñez, Luciano Parra Villanueva and –in principle – they will be in prison for the next 120 dayspending an eventual appeal.
Five of the former Loíno youths waived the right to remain silent and testified before Judge María José Amengual.
NOW: Calama Guarantee Court decrees the preventive detention of 9 defendants for the crime of rape, considering them a danger to the security of society. pic.twitter.com/5MoMbw7dP7
— Chilean Judiciary (@PJudicialChile) May 4, 2024
The footballers were arrested by the Investigative Police last Thursday, May 2, in an operation carried out in Calama, Osorno and Santiago.
The complaint dates back to 2021, when a young woman attended a party with the accused on the eve of the celebrations on September 18. The victim alleges that in that encounter she was raped by the subjects, taking advantage of the alcohol consumption.
Deputy Marisela Santibáñez celebrated the precautionary measure
After the resolution of the Guarantee Court, Deputy Marisela Santibáñez (Indep.) expressed her agreement with the preventive detention if.
The parliamentarian for District 14 was the promoter, together with deputy Andrés Giordano, of the creation of an investigative commission in the Chamber to deal with the complaint.
«A fair measure. The seriousness of the situation and the importance of doing justice in cases as brutal as this«Santibáñez wrote on the social network X.
«It is an important step to guarantee the safety of society and mainly of the victim,» added the deputy, who highlighted the actions of the lawyer Patricio Salas, Cecilia Rivera, the victim’s psychologist, the PDI, the judge and «those people who never abandoned the victim.
«We will continue with you, because sport and football are not above the law«, he closed in his writing.
The 9 accused players have been FORMALIZED and remain in #Preventive prison… A fair measure… The seriousness of the situation and the importance of doing justice in cases as BRUTAL as this one. Preventive detention at 9 (former cadets of @Cobreloa_SADP ) accused of rape… pic.twitter.com/GNgMC7s39L
— Marisela Santibáñez Novoa (@mariseka) May 4, 2024