Cañete police officially jails those detained for triple crime

he Roberto Garrido, chief prosecutor of the Araucanía province, formally convicted brothers Jefferson and Felipe Antihuen Santi and Nicolás Rivas Paillao of the murder of armed police officers Sergio Arévalo (34), Misael Vidal (30) and Carlos Cisterna (43) on April 27 of this year.

To the Office of the Third Prosecutor He accused them of multiple “premeditated, treacherous and dishonorable” killings of serving gendarmes, as well as violent robbery. Because detainees stole weapons, communications equipment, the vans that police rode in and the protective gear they wore, such as bulletproof vests.

Also, to brothers Jefferson and Felipe Antijuán Santi They were charged with arson of a police car. Charges of illegal possession of a firearm and moving human remains in violation of health regulations have been completed.

During the formalization process, the prosecutor’s office presented information revealed by a thanatology expert showing that the three officers were executed at close range, with several gunshot wounds to the head and other parts of the body.

also, The prosecutor’s office is convinced that the attack on the police was carefully planned. To this end, the defendant had previously visited and studied the location.

According to prosecutor Garrido, The defendants prepared the venue to hinder the officers’ movements, reduce their level of protection prior to the attack, force them out of their vehicles, and create conditions for the attackers to wait for them without being detected.

Garrido reported that the men, “still hidden in the vegetation around the truck and armed with guns, ambushed the police officers. They overpowered them and, through violence and intimidation, took away their GoPro cameras, communication radios, at least one cell phone, as well as the security tools and institutional weapons already mentioned.”

He added: “Once the species is stolen and the victims are outside the institutional cells, their numbers are reduced and they are unable to defend themselves or resist, they shoot them with guns and kill them in the same place.”

After introducing the background, The Public Ministry requested the preventive detention of the three defendants, arguing that their freedom posed a danger to society.