Penal - Rol N° O-885-2019

This legal case summary details a judgment concerning a drug trafficking offense. The accused, Nombre, a 24-year-old Bolivian national, was apprehended on June 9, 2019, with 3,400 MDMA tablets concealed in his clothing while traveling on a bus. The Tribunal de Juicio Oral en lo Penal de Iquique found him guilty of illicit drug trafficking under Article 3 of Law 20.000. The court imposed a sentence of five years of imprisonment and a fine, taking into account mitigating factors such as his prior clean record and cooperation with authorities. Notably, the sentence was substituted with expulsion from national territory, prohibiting his return for ten years, and he was to remain in custody until the expulsion process was complete. The defense had requested a lesser sentence and expulsion. The tribunal's decision was based on the proven trafficking of MDMA for illicit distribution, the accused's confession, and his cooperation.

• Datos básicos del caso:

• Tribunal: Tribunal de Juicio Oral en lo Penal de Iquique.
• RIT: 885-2019
• Fecha: 22 de enero de 2020.
• Tipo de procedimiento: Juicio oral por tráfico ilícito de estupefacientes.

• Hechos acreditados:

• Fecha y lugar: 9 de junio de 2019, aproximadamente a las 12:00 horas, en la ruta 5 norte a la altura del km. 1839, comuna de Huara.
• Conductas: Nombre fue fiscalizado por personal de OS-7 de Carabineros de Chile en un bus de la empresa "Pullman García". Se encontró oculto en su ropa un chaleco que contenía 8 paquetes con 3.400 comprimidos de MDMA (Éxtasis).

• Calificación jurídica y pena impuesta:

• Delito: Tráfico ilícito de estupefacientes, artículo 3 de la Ley 20.000, en grado consumado...