Defeat for Prosecutor in Proculture Case: Tribunal Rejects Pretrial Detention for Accused

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The Seventh Court of Guarantee of Santiago rejected the precautionary measure of pretrial detention requested by the Prosecutor's Office against the four accused in the ProCultura case. Moreover, the court, through Judge Patricio Álvarez, also rejected the precautionary measure of total house arrest. Alberto Larraín, María Constanza Gómez, Evelyn Magdaleno and María Teresa Abusleme were left alone with the measure of national roots. Thus, the fo…

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The Seventh Court of Guarantee of Santiago rejected pre-trial detention and house arrest requested by the Prosecutor’s Office in the ProCultura case. The four defendants were left alone with national roots, while the Antofagasta Regional Prosecutor’s Office announced that it will appeal the decision. This article ProCulture case: Court rejects pre-trial detention and leaves defendants with national roots was originally published in El Diario de …

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Judge Patricio Álvarez concluded that the record presented by the Public Prosecutor's Office was not sufficient to order the most serious precautionary measure of pretrial detention.

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On Tuesday night, the 7th Court of Guarantee rejected pre-trial detention and ordered the national preventive measure for all defendants in the so-called ProCulture case. The court ruled, at this stage of the proceedings, that “there is no conclusive record” to determine that the accused represent a danger to society.