Luis Hermosilla’s lawyer acknowledges that bribes were paid to public officials: “It is an issue that has been historic in Chile”

The lawyer and brother of Luis Hermosilla, Juan Pablo Hermosilla, He referred this Wednesday to the leak of the audio that reveals that his client He paid bribes to the Internal Revenue Service and the Financial Market Commission in exchange for information.

In an interview with radio Bío Bío, Hermosilla assured that it is “a very complicated cause” and acknowledged that “it is probable” that a crime has been committed. However, he supported his brother’s thesis that the audio leak would be a political maneuver to harm your image.

«These anonymous complaints normally report complex operations (…) There are people here, linked to the political world, who would have had access to the recordings and they would have released them to the market“, he pointed.

«He is my brother and therefore my credibility is lowaThe only thing I can commit to is that This is easy to research. and that we, within the ethical and legal limits, “We are going to collaborate as much as possible so that this is investigated,” he added.

The lawyer also pointed out that the payment of bribes to public officials “is a issue that has been historical in Chile “I think it has to be finished.”

«Within this tragedy, this hard thing that my brother is experiencing with my support, I think that one of the things is that Lessons are learned from all these things and they are well investigated.«he declared.

Finally, Hermosilla acknowledged that in the case “It is probable, it may be that a crime has been committed«.

There was payment of bribes

After the raid on Luis Hermosilla’s offices carried out around noon this Thursday, his defense lawyer once again referred to a “political maneuver” behind the leak of the audios and He acknowledged that bribes were paid to public officials. However, he ruled out his brother being part of the operation.

«I have formed the opinion that there are antecedents and indications that indicate that here there may have been payments to public officials,” he pointed out to the press.

Asked if his brother was the one who carried out these bribes, Juan Pablo Hermosilla responded that “I don’t think so and I can’t answer the question about who.”