Human rights defenders criticized the initiative, warning that it promotes impunity for crimes against humanity. On Thursday, the Organization of Relatives of Political Executed (AFEP) expressed its opposition to a coordinated initiative between the Chilean Senate and the Supreme Court aimed at releasing individuals convicted of human rights violations committed during Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship (1973–1990). […]

He is serving a 23-year sentence for alleged crimes of violence, usurpation, wood theft, and attacks on authorities. On Wednesday, Ernesto Llaitul warned that his father, Hector Llaitul, the Mapuche leader and founder of the Arauco Malleco Coordinator (CAM), is in critical health due to a hunger strike. RELATED: Chile to Judge With High Penalties […]