Tag: Luis Cordero

• Friday, October 25th 2024 - 10:54 UTC

  Monsalve case saga keeps splashing Chilean gov't

  

  The departure of Manuel Monsalve as Chile's Interior Undersecretary seems to have been the beginning instead of the end of the problem for the Government of President Gabriel Boric Font. For starters, Monsalve's successor Luis Cordero admitted Thursday that there whereabouts of the man facing rape charges were unknown.

• Friday, October 18th 2024 - 18:59 UTC

  Chile: Boric picks replacement for Monsalve

  

  Chile's President Gabriel Boric Font chose Luis Cordero to replace Manuel Monsalve as Undersecretary of the Interior following the latter's resignation amid an alleged rape scandal currently under investigation, Interior Minister Carolina Tohá announced.

• Tuesday, April 23rd 2024 - 20:28 UTC

  Rebel Mapuche leader Héctor Llaitul found guilty, faces up to 25 years in jail

  

  Mapuche leader Héctor Llaitul has been found guilty of attacking authorities and other violent crimes. The prosecution has requested Llaitul be jailed for 25 years but the sentence will only be announced next month. The defendant claimed the trial was fueled by a “political persecution” stemming from the clash between two cultures. The indigenous leader was arrested in August 2022 and has since been remanded in custody at the Biobío Penitentiary Complex, some 500 kilometers from Santiago.