Even the Peace Foundation, historically linked to the Chilean right, criticized the government's initiative. Its director, Daniel Johnson, stated that the text "fails to address the root causes of the problem; it lacks measurable metrics for its objectives and doesn't provide projections for outcomes or collateral damage, considering it establishes regressive sanctions based on the suppression of social benefits."

The petition challenges the Committee of Ministers' dismissal of citizen observations and unaddressed significant impacts on Bahía Chasco, one of the most important coastal ecosystems in northern Chile. After over six years of environmental evaluation, this will be the first time a court reviews the substantive arguments raised by the communities.

Former sublieutenant Carlos Gastón Manterola Miranda has been sentenced to 15 years and one day in prison for his accountability in the qualified homicides of José Andrés García Lazo and Jorge Rodrigo Muñoz Mella, both politically unaffiliated, who were executed by Carabineros on September 18, 1973, in Santiago.

A former employee, also named as an accused in the case against ex-UDI parliamentarian Joaquín Lavín, testified that his role was to "call candidates for council positions to offer them the use of the Socialtazk platform," a mass messaging and management application developed by Lavín, central to the criminal investigation due to allegations it was funded with public Congressional resources and misused electoral data.

The investigation into Senator Camila Flores (RN) for alleged fiscal fraud is intensifying following the filing of a criminal complaint against her by a former advisor.

Karen Rojo, the former mayor of Antofagasta, has returned to Chile in handcuffs to serve her five-year sentence for embezzlement, after evading justice for more than a year.

Jorge del Pozo Pastene has been accused by the Public Prosecutor's Office of committing rape, surprise sexual abuse, threats, and solicitation of persons as a public employee against municipal staff from 2020 to 2024.

This is a political trial directly against the CAM, stated defense attorney María Rivera, who believes the harsh penalties sought by the Public Ministry aim to send a deterrent and exemplary message to communities to refrain from practicing their customs and to peacefully relinquish the reclaimed territories to extractive capital.

The court upheld a civil lawsuit filed by one of the victims, confirming responsibility for damages on the part of the former mayor. The sentence will be announced on Friday, August 7.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated, "It claims the authority to prosecute and even imprison military personnel and officials acting in defense of the national interest of the United States," and accused the ICC of "waging a war against our country, not with bullets or missiles, but with statutes, treaties, and the force of what they call international law."