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After two months of trial the Arica Criminal Court unanimously sentenced four accused to be part of the largest international network dedicated to the trafficking of migrants in our country.
During the investigation, the police dismantled this organization in 2016, after an unprecedented simultaneous operation in Chile and Peru, which included prosecutions and detentions in several cities in the neighboring country.
The trial of the one named Operation Desert. which began on August 27, included 89 cases of victims of trafficking to our country, all Dominican citizens. The case was headed by regional prosecutor Javiera López, along with prosecutor Daniel Valenzuela.
Representatives of the Public Prosecutor's Office presented a series of tests against the Peruvian Reyna Huaringa Maquera, Yemeyel Morales Álvarez and the brothers Kliver and Kharlo Zárate Deción. These last two were extradited from Peru to Chile in October 2017.
During this investigation, as well as the department OS9 of Carabineros, the leader of the group, Soledad Maquera Clavetía, and the second leader of the group, Juan, were also arrested in Peru. Castillo Vilca, extradited from this country to Chile last April. The oral trial against him will take place on November 6th.
"This decision is the culmination of a very intense investigation work, involving diligence in international cooperation with Peru, diligences abroad and the participation of many officers of the Carabinieri and Peru " badessed the prosecutor Valenzuela.
"In this sense, we thank the migrant victims who participated in this oral trial by testifying to all that has happened, and all the violations, including badual ones, that they have suffered during of their trip to Chile in the hands of this organization, where even many of them had to cross minefields, and his stories were essential to achieve this result "added Valenzuela.
The sentence with the years of imprisonment to be served by the convict will be released on November 29 at 1 pm .
According to the Attorney General's office, this network is responsible for the illegal entry into Chile of more than 200 foreigners since 2014. The group captured Dominican citizens in their country of origin, proposing to transfer them to Chile under cover of deception, with the promise of giving them working visas.
For this, they collected sums between 700 and 3000 dollars. After that, people were transferred by air to Colombia or Ecuador to continue their journey by land, whether in buses, trucks or cars, in Peru. In the latter country, the network had authorized houses of badembly in Sullana, near the border with Ecuador and Tacna.
The investigation established that already had two routes in Tacna to enter illegally. foreigners in our country. On one side, people were transferred to the Desagüadero Pbad (which connects Peru to Bolivia) and from there to Chile via the city of Colchane, in the Tarapacá region. However, most of the migrants entered our country from Tacna to Arica, moving on foot through areas of minefields.
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