Penal - Rol N° O-4428-2021

This document details a legal case involving the prosecution of Maria Esther Tapia Vargas. The case, presided over by the Juzgado de Garantía de Iquique under RUC 2100592327-9 and RIT 4428-2021, took place on January 27, 2022, and followed an abbreviated procedure. The core facts, established on June 24, 2021, at the Río Loa customs checkpoint, involve the discovery of cocaine hidden in luggage on a Cikbus. Specifically, Pablo Herrera Sánchez was found with 3.414 kg of cocaine, Maria Esther Tapia Vargas with 3.362 kg, and Felisa Fernández Rojas with 3.345 kg. The legal qualification is drug trafficking under Article 3 and 1 of Law 20.000, resulting in a sentence of 4 years of imprisonment (maximum intermediate degree). This includes credit for time spent in preventive detention and a 10-year expulsion order from Chile, with prohibition of re-entry for the same period after sanitary/border restrictions are lifted, under penalty of fulfilling the corporal sentence if they return. Accessory penalties include absolute perpetual disqualification from political rights and absolute disqualification from public office during the sentence term. Confiscation of money, to be deposited with SENDA, was also ordered. Personal background information on the accused is provided: Maria Esther Tapia Vargas (Bolivian, born Jan 22, 1986, merchant), Felisa Fernández Rojas (Bolivian, born Mar 7, 1981, merchant), and Pablo Herrera Sánchez (Bolivian, born Aug 10, 1975, merchant). The court recognized mitigating factors under Article 11 N° 6 and 11 N° 9 of the Penal Code. Key legal provisions include Articles 3 and 1 of Law 20.000, Article 34 of Law 18.216 (expulsion), Article 11 N° 6 and 11 N° 9 of the Penal Code (mitigating factors), Article 468 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, and Article 17 of Law 19.970 (genetic fingerprinting). The sentence is final as all parties waived their rights to appeal.

• Datos básicos del caso: * Tribunal: Juzgado de Garantía de Iquique. * RUC: 2100592327-9 * RIT: 4428-2021 * Fecha: 27 de enero de 2022 * Tipo de procedimiento: Abreviado.

• Hechos acreditados: * Fecha: 24 de junio de 2021, aproximadamente a las 04:15 horas. * Lugar: Avanzada aduanera de Río Loa. * Conductas: Personal de Aduanas fiscalizó un bus de la empresa Cikbus y a sus pasajeros. Se encontró droga oculta en maletas. * Nombre transportaba 3 kilos 414 gramos de cocaína. * Nombre transportaba 3 kilos 362 gramos de cocaína. * Nombre transportaba 3 kilos 345 gramos de cocaína.

• Calificación jurídica y pena impuesta: * Delito: Tráfico de sustancias estupefacientes y psicotrópica...