Aragua Train cell in Chile receives sentence of more than 90 years in prison
A cell of the Aragua Train that operated in Chile, and used two captivity houses where he tortured his victims with instruments such as drills, it was sentenced to more than 95 years in prison for her responsibility in at least three kidnappings that occurred in the Metropolitan Region.
How did this cell of the Aragua Train of Chile operate?
The case for which the members of the Tren de Aragua in Chile were brought to justice occurred in July 2022, when they summoned three people of Chilean nationality with the apparent intention of selling them drugs, but upon arriving at the agreed place the They kidnapped, robbed, tortured and demanded a huge sum of money from their relatives for their release.
The spokesman for the North Central Prosecutor’s Office, Rodrigo Barrera, explained that “these individuals recorded videos of themselves assaulting the victims, torturing them with these abuses, to then send them to the city of Valencia, Venezuela, and from there a cell phone sent the extortion videos to the family of one of the victims in order to obtain a ransom.”
After abandoning the three victims in the commune of Renca, the police identified the places where they were being held.
The authorities carried out a series of operations in which Seven Venezuelan nationals were arrested, six adults and one teenager.
The adults were ultimately sentenced to 15 years and one day in prison each, while the teenager was sentenced to 5 years and one day.
The group received a total of 95 years in prison, marking a historic sentence not only for the number of years, but because it is the first conviction of members of the Aragua Train who acted against Chilean victims.
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