Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Chile and INTERPOL

A week and a half ago, Hugo Chávez slammed the president of INTERPOL, Arturo Herrera, who is also currently Chief of Investigative Police (Investigaciones, as opposed to the Carabineros) in Chile. Chávez claimed Herrera was being investigated for abuses committed during the dictatorship. The Bachelet administration reacted quickly, saying there was no such investigation.

Now the Centro de Investigación e Información Periodística takes a very long and detailed look at Herrera and finds that Chávez was indeed wrong. However, it also makes clear that he should be investigated. He has some very nasty ties to the DINA (Pinochet’s secret police) and the CNI (its successor).

And, oddly enough, he is also teaching courses on human rights in the Escuela de Investigaciones.

h/t c.hileno

6 comments:

Justin Delacour 10:13 AM  

Now the Centro de Investigación e Información Periodística takes a very long and detailed look at Herrera and finds that Chávez was indeed wrong.

That's an interesting synopsis, given that the entire report is devoted to corroborating the concerns to which Chavez referred.

Miguel Centellas 4:38 PM  

Chavez was technically wrong (i.e. there is no current investigation by Chilean authorities) but that his suggestions were accurate. At least that's my careful reading of it.

Justin Delacour 12:45 AM  

Chavez was technically wrong (i.e. there is no current investigation by Chilean authorities)

But, in reality, it's Bachelet and Greg that are wrong. Herrera has been under investigation.

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Greg Weeks 6:14 AM  

Where does that article say Herrera is under investigation?

Miguel Centellas 6:46 AM  

Yeah, I'm confused. It seems to me that article is about an investigation of Miguel Trincado.

Justin Delacour 7:30 AM  

Herrera has been under investigation. He hasn't been charged, but his record has been under investigation, as the article explains.

La información señalada en la declaración, a juicio del subdirector de Escipol, busca empañar su imagen y la del actual director de la institución, Arturo Herrera, pues -según el documento-Preller habría actuado sólo como portavoz de una determinación ordenada por el propio Herrera, de quien entonces era su jefe de gabinete.

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