The extraordinary visiting minister has charged four former agents of DINA with the kidnapping and torture of a 15-year-old during the Pinochet dictatorship, marking a crucial progression in human rights violation cases.

On Sunday, April 19, 2026, a month after the murder of Camila Ponce, hundreds gathered in Valparaíso to demand justice and accountability from the State, particularly urging the Ministry of Women to file a complaint for femicide.

The exposure of identities, attribution of actions, and emphasis on potential punishments characterize the coverage surrounding the case of students linked to the incident with Minister Ximena Lincolao, amidst concerns over premature judgment.

In a public statement, the National Association of Officials of the Human Rights Subsecretariat denounced that the head of the office, lawyer Pablo Mira Hurtado, instructed not to appeal the ruling that released former DINA agent César Manríquez Bravo from prison, a move they warned goes "against the obligations of the State and the legal mandate of the institution itself."

The perpetrator, who served as the head of the DINA's Intelligence Brigade, was previously imprisoned under multiple sentences for crimes against humanity, including the kidnappings of filmmakers Jorge Müller and Carmen Bueno, and MAPU militant Sergio Lagos Hidalgo, which occurred in 1974.

The Supreme Court slammed the door on Francisca Ponce Pinochet's eviction attempt against the Llanquileo Community, establishing that the occupation of the Puyehue property predates the rights acquisition claimed by the plaintiff.

In a ruling highlighting that the crimes committed during Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship remain unresolved, two former Carabineros officers have been placed in preventive detention for five kidnappings carried out in 1985 against members of the Popular Action Unit Movement (MAPU).

The individual sentenced to 15 years for the murder of Romario Veloz is positioned as the first potential beneficiary of presidential pardons.

Mapuche Williche communities reported that the funeral procession was attacked while attempting to enter the ancestral cemetery of Maihue. There were injuries, death threats, and warnings of grave desecration.

A mother accuses the state and justice system of negligence after a court dismissed key evidence, allowing her daughter's abuser to go free.