The mayor of Viña del Mar, Macarena Ripamonticame out to support the Fire Department and emphasized the need to get to the bottom of the megafire that affected several communes in the Valparaíso Region last February, where 137 people died.
They were arrested on Friday Francisco Mondacafirefighter of the 13th Company of Placilla, and Franco PinoConaf brigade member, who were formalized for the crime of arson resulting in death and were placed in preventive detention.
The Prosecutor’s Office explained before the court that Mondaca and Pino conspired to start a fire because the season «was fome» and this caused a decrease in the income of the Conaf official, so they looked for the precise day for the conditions to be correct. extreme.
Today, after that exhibition, Ripamonti stated that «it has been a rather complicated revelation for all people» and emphasized that «Firefighters of Chile is one of the best institutions we have in this countrythat it must be supported and that black spots and these types of situations, people who do not comply with values and who commit crimes can exist anywhere.»
«My expectation,» he added, «is that the two people who have been arrested can be thoroughly investigatedthat everything that is in this background can be elucidated and that obviously it be investigated in depth, that we be told the truth about what is happening behind this crime.»
The mayor stressed that «this is not only a current problem, it is not only the housing now, but everything that it generates for the coming decades in the city of Viña del Mar, the loss of our natural heritage, in short, then we hope that it be investigated and that we can elucidate what is behind this.
Ripamonti recalled that the Municipality is a plaintiff in the case and stated that they hope «to be able to fully understand how the investigation was, the evidence and what is behind this. We need to know it to be able to feel justice.»
«It is very revealing for everything and many doubts arise«This is too strong, it is too strong because of the consequences it has, but also because of the technical quality and the place that the virtual perpetrators of these murders occupied professionally due to the fire,» he concluded.
POSSIBLE MOTIVES FOR THE CRIME
The national prosecutor, Angel Valenciaaddressed the proceedings of the case, stating thatand this crime could have been committed for moneysomething that would not be strange in the investigative expertise carried out by them.
«It is not inconsistentbecause when one considers who are the people who could eventually be interested in starting a forest fire, There are those who receive some type of economic gain, For example, as a consequence of that«, analyzed the persecutor in an interview with the National State of TVN.
Likewise, he ruled out for the moment the formalization of new people in this case, warning that «the destructive power of a single well-trained person, well trained, terrifies«.
«In the case of the firefighter (who is accused), apparently, there would be a motivation related to the desire to put out a fire«Valencia also revealed.
The leader of the Public Ministry indicated that he would hope that both Firefighters and Conaf review entry protocols In order to better filter the people who come to these instances, something that has already been announced by the Fire Department that will be done.
DELEGATION REQUESTS «THE MAXIMUM RIGOR OF THE LAW»
From the Government, the presidential delegate of Valparaíso, Sofia Gonzalezstressed that they are plaintiffs in the case, so they will be «above each of the processes that come forwardduring the investigation process that has been set for six months.
«We believe that these types of situations cannot but put on the table the maximum rigor of the law for the people who have allegedly been responsibleand with that begin to provide greater tranquility and peace to the families that were affected in this megafire,» the regional authority closed.