Senator Fabiola Campillai on Patricio Maturana's parole: "This decision constitutes an act of impunity"

National "I will not stand idly by. I will resort to all the appropriate judicial channels to reverse this decision and, if necessary, we will go to international bodies," said the legislator, rejecting the benefit for the former uniformed officer. Fabiola Campillai. Comments Independent Senator Fabiola Campillai issued a statement rejecting the decision of the Parole Commission of the jurisdiction of the Talca Court of Appeals, which will allow former carabinero Patricio Maturana to leave prison. "This decision constitutes an act of impunity," she stated. Patricio Javier Maturana Ojeda was a Carabineros captain when he fired a tear gas canister at Campillai's face on November 26, 2019. In October 2022, he was sentenced to 12 years and 183 days in prison, and the San Miguel Court of Appeals upheld the sentence in January of the following year. Since then, he had been held in custody at the Molina Penitentiary Compliance Center. The legislator did not rule out actions in forums outside the country to reverse the resolution notified to the former uniformed officer this Friday. "I will not stand idly by. I will resort to all the appropriate judicial channels to reverse this decision and, if necessary, we will go to international bodies," she said. The senator emphasized that "international human rights law standards require the effective enforcement of sentences as part of access to justice." "This decision sends a serious message to all victims of human rights violations: that the serving of sentences can be reduced, even when the crimes were committed from the power of the State," she warned. More about: Fabiola Campillai Patricio Maturana 18-O Judiciary Human Rights Pardons