Mayor Reinao fails to appear at formalization hearing, potentially a fugitive from justice

Mayor Reinao formalization hearing

The mayor of Renaico, Juan Carlos Reinao, has not appeared at the Traiguén prison for several hours now, after the Cañete Guarantee Court granted him two hours to appear, starting at 8:00 p.m. yesterday. For the same reason, Reinao would technically be a fugitive from justice.

However, this situation had already been foreseen and warned by the lawyer of the alleged victims José Francisco Rodríguez, who asked the court – last August – that the accused Juan Carlos Reinao appear in person at his formalization hearing, to so that there would be no chance of him “escape”.

“…by this act I come to ask this court to order that the appearance at the formalization hearing set in the records be in person at least for the accused Mr. JUAN CARLOS REINAO MARILAO given that this party will request the preventive detention of the referred person and we estimate that in accordance Due to the merit of the process, the merit of the investigative file and the seriousness of the facts reported, as well as the penalty assigned to the 6 crimes with which he is accused, it is very likely that the Public Ministry will also make the same request, which would imply a danger. of escape in the event that the accused is allowed to appear by remote means“said the lawyer on the occasion.

“The above is reinforced with the photographs that we request to be accompanied in the following section, which shows the contact networks and political and economic support that the accused has as well as the possible defenselessness for our client and victim in the case of That the aforementioned councilor be authorized to appear by remote means since he is not an ordinary person or an average citizen, but rather a politician with vast social, professional and economic resources.“Rodríguez added.

However, and despite what was argued by the victims’ lawyer, the court did not agree to the personal appearance of Juan Carlos Reinao, which undoubtedly affected the fact that up to now, he is not in preventive detention.

According to the information handled by AraucaniaDiario in the Chilean Gendarmerie, the mayor of Renaico, until the closing of this edition, had not yet appeared at the Traiguén prison.