"There is a judicial truth that is quite clear based on all the evidence presented in the trial, which is very compelling. Therefore, Mr. Crespo did not emerge as not responsible for the actions that led to Gustavo Gatica becoming blind. However, the verdict grants impunity to Gustavo Gatica, his family, and Chilean society as a whole," stated Rodrigo Bustos Bottai.

The Universidad Academia de Humanismo Cristiano stated, "This sentence consolidates a scenario of impunity regarding an extremely serious crime," while questioning the ruling based on the application of the Naín-Retamal Law under the excuse of self-defense, even though it was established that the former police officer fired the pellets that caused Gatica's total vision loss.

Reportea revealed that Chillán's Real Estate Registrar, Yamil Najle, provided the prosecution with a copy of an email sent by the former Supreme Court minister to her partner, Gonzalo Migueles, in which she is listed as the author of one of the contracts purportedly used to justify bribery payments in the Belarusian scheme.

As of now, Federico Astete Catrileo, along with brothers Antihuen Santi and Nicolás Rivas Paillao, has been on hunger strike for nine days, demanding an end to the isolation regime that confines them for 22 hours daily, alongside numerous other violated rights.

Following the verdict from the Temuco Oral Criminal Court that confirms the judicial setup by Carabineros de Chile in the Huracán Case, on January 12, the defense for one of the six convicted, former Captain Leonardo Osses, requested a reduction of the sentence based on the case of the murder of Matías Catrileo committed by former Corporal Walter Ramírez, a case currently under review by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights for denial of justice.

"This law, supported and enacted by Gabriel Boric's government in record time, preventing any resources from being filed to halt its progress, has transformed into a cursed law that only generates impunity. The state today has failed not only Gustavo but the entire country," stated the legislator, who expressed her support and solidarity with Gustavo Gatica.

Lawmakers expressed outrage over a recent ruling that exonerated Claudio Crespo, a former Carabinero, despite clear evidence of his responsibility in the blindness of Gustavo Gatica during protests, calling for accountability from those who supported the Naín Retamal Law.

Rodrigo Bustos, director of Amnesty International in Chile, stated that the right to peaceful protest is in worse conditions today than in 2019: "There was no law regulating the use of force, no deep structural reform of the Carabineros, and yet the Naín Retamal law was approved, which has now been used to grant a cloak of impunity to the individual deemed responsible by the courts for blinding Gustavo Gatica," affirmed Bustos.

According to the ruling by the 4th Oral Criminal Court of Santiago, Crespo's actions that resulted in the injuries causing Gatica's double eye mutilation "are protected by law," sparking a wave of criticism.

The verdict in the oral trial against former Carabineros Lieutenant Colonel Claudio Crespo, accused of shooting and causing the double ocular mutilation of then-student and now-elected deputy Gustavo Gatica, will be revealed on Tuesday, January 13. The prosecution has already indicated that it will seek 12 years in prison for the former officer.