The Necessary Review of the Presidential Pardon

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Last week the President of the Republic said that he is determined to make use of the power of pardon granted to him by the Constitution, specifically in relation to cases of carabineros and military condemned during the so-called social outbreak. According to the president, Chile lived in those days “a moment of extreme violence that ended with some people compensated for physical damage and other persons imprisoned because they fulfilled their…

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On March 12, 2026, the president of Chile, José Antonio Kast, declared the possibility of pardoning ex-carabineros and ex-military convicted of crimes of serious human rights violations committed during the social outbreak. The pardons are measures of grace that forgives in whole or in part the sentence imposed by a sentence [...] The post Amnesty International issues ‘urgent action’ for risk of pardon to ex-carabineros and military convicted of…

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President José Antonio Kast declared on 12 March 2026 that it was possible that he would grant a pardon to former carabineros (national uniformed police) and army officials, who had been found guilty of crimes committed in the context of the 2019 demonstrations. This would further strengthen impunity and undermine accountability.