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The Sky Is Red
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In 2010, 81 inmates died in a massive fire at the San Miguel prison in Chile’s capital city, Santiago. Inside, they were trapped behind bars. Outside, dozens of family members waiting for visiting hours to begin looked on helplessly as their loved ones shouted for help. The doors remained locked. Justice remains elusive as the trial fails to assign blame. With full access to the judicial files, this reconstruction sheds light on the utter failure of the prison administration, which housed twice as many prisoners as allowed.
We hear fragments from telephone conversations between prison officials and emergency services in which shocking and harrowing discussions occur about whether to cut open the locks. Survivors and relatives of the dead tell of how corruption and mismanagement erased the rights of detainees. The evidence gathered for the trial – the security camera footage, photos, news clips, and audio recordings from inside and outside the jail – brings the events to life and reveals the full scale of the tragedy.
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Main credits
Carbonell, Francina (film director)
Carbonell, Francina (screenwriter)
Carbonell, Francina (film producer)
Sandoval, Gabriela (film producer)
Núñez, Carlos (film producer)
Muñoz, Ignacia (screenwriter)
Other credits
Cinematography, Ignacia Muñoz; editing, Andrea Chignoli, Christopher Murray, Francina Carbonell.
Distributor subjects
Criminal Justice; Sociology; Political Science; History; Latin America StudiesKeywords
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So, we’re going
to review the facts
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to see if they fill the requirements
to start this oral trial.
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The accusations to be discussed
on this trial are the following:
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That in the San Miguel
Detention Center,
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in the early morning of
the 8th of Dec. of 2010,
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and following the lockdown,
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a group of inmates began
to drink home-made beer
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which started a big fight
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between two opposite factions
of this same group.
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And this started a fire,
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which ended with 81 deceased.
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THE SKY IS RED
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The following files were obtained
from the judicial file of the case.
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A photo here, please…
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Ok, thanks.
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To the back…
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This is a house,
from here to here,
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this is a house,
here.
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Is this the last one
or the second-to-last?
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It’s the last house
there was here.
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Here lived Aguja.
Aguja, Nono.
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There lived Nono,
Alan, all the boys.
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Did you hang out with them?
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-What?
-Did you hang out with them?
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Yeah, because I lived with them
in the small room too.
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I lived with them...
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and also because they’re also from Caro
(Neighborhood),
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I came here and asked Aguja
what was going on
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And Aguja and the other
guys who lived here
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were making spear-like shives.
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I asked “Aguja, what’s wrong?”
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and he said “Pato, brother,
don’t worry,
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we’re not going to hurt you,
so stay cool, just stay here with us.
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Because today we’re gonna
bring down those sons of bitches”.
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Further back, you have
to stand beyond the bed…
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No, over here.
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And back…
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Yeah, like that.
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Who were the ones with the shives,
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-the ones inside or the ones outside?
-All of them.
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How many?
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I don’t know, I wasn’t counting,
I was just watching.
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1, 2, 5, 10?
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A lot, all of them, they were many.
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Like three guys, like before.
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They were running all over the place.
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Like this?
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Yes.
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Go there and make the gesture
of how they handled the gas balloon.
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He comes here and does something like this
and the fire lights all those room partitions,
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and then they pull back,
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and those who had the shives
start pulling them in
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but they were only
igniting the partitions,
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and suddenly I see
that they throw this thing inside.
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-Can you repeat that action?
-Let’s see, they did like this.
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Hey! They’re burning!
Do something, hey!
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C’mon, you fuckin cop!
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But he walked up to there.
He’s gone too far now.
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I need Poblete’s guard to stroll now
like he did that day, to record it.
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Ok, I’ll make the request.
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Hey, chief! Chief!
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There’s a fire here,
in the 4th south, chief!
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Thank you, sir.
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Die, you motherfucking assholes!
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Thanks.
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Ready?
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Who were you shouting at?
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To the officer
who was in the booth,
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but he didn’t even move,
he did nothing.
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He heard me,
because he could see the smoke too.
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Did he make any gestures at you?
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Yes.
He did this.
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But, with your permission,
he did like this, with his hand.
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This very gesture.
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Others, here next to me,
also shouted at him,
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that there was a fire,
that they were burning,
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and he said:
“may you burn alive”.
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Did the guard shouted something?
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When you… the booth officer,
did he respond something?
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Yes.
"May all the bastards die."
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Here was my bed.
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Can you come over there, please?
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Photo nº1: Large bedroom of the north wing,
tower nº5, 4th floor.
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On that day of the fire, how many
people lived with you in that room?
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Chubi,
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Johnny,
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El Pirigua,
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El Monito,
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María de los Perros,
Patito Contreras...
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El Marquito...
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WARDEN STATEMENT
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"Private prisons charge a fine to
the State for prision overpopulation"
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We had to transfer
inmates to public prisons.
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Savings policy.
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They moved these people without thinking
about who got along with who and who didn’t;
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they changed everything,
it was their system.
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In short, they had a mess, really,
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but they didn’t think that
there were people living together
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who didn’t get along,
living in a very small space,
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like we had sheets for walls.
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Total imprisonment…
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INMATE STATEMENT
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We fought for space,
and fire was our weapon.
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Now that they’re all dead,
you come and help.
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When they needed your help,
you didn’t care!
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When they needed your help,
you didn’t care.
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Now you’re helping,
now that they’re all dead.
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We got approximately to here.
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Wait. Orrego,
wait a moment. Come.
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What is your view from up here?
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The same as yours.
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What is this?
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The Cell Block 5,
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in this case, the small rooms,
which are to this side.
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Did you cross paths with any inmate
from another cell block?
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No, they were sleeping,
actually.
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There was no noise up to that moment,
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-any noise from the other inmates.
-No.
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Did you hear any movement
in the bunk beds?
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No.
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-Any sword-like noise, like iron?
-No.
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I mean, you hear
iron noises every day.
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Any sort of noise like an argument
or fight inside the cell blocks
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that you might have
heard before the smoke?
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Yes, but that’s normal,
them fighting.
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Maybe your normal
is not our normal,
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what do you mean
that’s normal?
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What was it, what happened
before 5:20 a.m.?
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Man hear it from here,
I don’t know if it was at 4 or 5 a.m.,
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man hear quarrel, they call
each other names and that stuff.
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They call what?
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They call each other names.
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-Aha, they insult each other.
-Yes.
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-But that’s like normal.
-Ok.
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Lieutenant, where are we now?
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In the camera surveillance room.
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I went immediately to check in
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which sector was happening
the alleged fight.
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By the way,
I asked him to zoom in
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and we talked about it here:
“yes, there’s a bit of smoke”,
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and we said:
“no, they must be cooking”.
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-Lieutenant…
-Yes?
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With whom did you talk about this?
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-Who else was here?
-Here with my…
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With first officer Cristian Flores,
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with whom do I have the pleasure?
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-Yes? Ah, you…
-Mm, yes.
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Indeed, there was an unclear fire,
in which, what do I mean?
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That with the means we have
right now in the correctional facility,
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I can’t say:
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“Yes, there actually is”
or “there isn’t”
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a declared fire at a time,
being 5:45 a.m., right?
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-Ok.
-Ok.
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Police, good morning,
what’s your emergency?
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Hi, good morning.
Look, I’m in my apartment
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and I can see the San Miguel prison,
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and I don’t know if
they have reported it yet…
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In which street is the prison?
What’s the street?
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Ureta Cox.
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-Don’t hang up…
-Ok.
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San Miguel…
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I don’t know if they have reported it,
because I’m looking with binoculars.
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Wait a moment.
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There’s something burning on the roof,
because there’s a lot of black smoke.
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-Please, don’t hang up.
-Ok…
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-Do you see any person?
-Do you see somebody, a person?
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No. There’s a lot of smoke,
like from above, from the roof.
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Did you zoom in or close
the image in camera 8?
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-Can you repeat the image or video?
-Of course.
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In essence, the focus is changed, zooming in the floor.
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Why did you, after two fire alerts
and quite a lot of smoke,
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make those zoom ins with the camera?
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Ehhh…
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Why did you close the shots,
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and zoom in,
instead of opening the shots?
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I don’t remember.
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Operation images (…)
establish facts.
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I luv you!
/ 7-Dec-10 / 22:41:08 / Cellphone
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My love… How are u? Do I bring you something?
/ 7-Dec-10 / 23:05:11 / Cellphone
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My baby… here being… wanting to see my kiddo
/ 7-Dec-10 / 23:12:07 / Cellphone
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I love u with all my heart my beautiful baby
/ 7-Dec-10 / 23:41:34 / Cellphone
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Me too so much and I only ask for the time
to pass soon so we can be together
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and never be apart anymore
/ 8-Dec-10 / 00:05:23 / Cellphone
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<3 We’re going early tomorrow to grab a good spot
in the line kisses / 8-Dec-10 / 01:17:28 / Cellphone
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In which floor are you? There’s smoke
/ 8-Dec-10 / 06:10:07 / Cellphone
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I called u please pick up
/ 8-Dec-10 / 06:37:48 / Cellphone
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Tower 5, there’s a lot of smoke
coming out from there.
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The inmates from Tower 5
started to fight,
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which is the wing destined to inmates
with life sentences or long sentences.
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It might possibly be an intentional
smoke within a programmed break.
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CDP to prevent the exiting,
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because they might escape.
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Tower 5, go with fire hoses,
fire hoses!
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Go with fire hoses, man!
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Go with fire hoses!
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Did you receive information
on how to use fire hoses?
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No.
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Did someone teach you
to use fire extinguishers?
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No.
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We got some information
about breathing apparatus…
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and... that was it.
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And, how long did that training last?
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A semester? A week?
A day?
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No. It lasted a couple of hours.
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Within the instructions
you were given to investigate,
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they told you to investigate
the correctional officers
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from the Regional Department down,
is that right?
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Which means that the investigation included
officers from the San Miguel Penitentiary
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to the Regional Department
of Corrections.
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You didn’t receive any instructions,
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to investigate the National Department
of Corrections, is that right?
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That’s right, counselor.
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There were no instructions regarding
the National Department of Corrections.
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No further questions.
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(Screaming)
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Call the fire department, dude!
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Call the fire department,
fucking cop!
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I even told him "Open here.
Yes, they are dying here, too", in good words.
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I was completely desperate, because
the fire was all over the place.
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And it was coming here,
about to catch the beds here.
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I was like: “Chief, open the gate,
they’re all dying here too”
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without knowing that there were
already 15 dead on the other side,
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I yelled that.
“Please, open the gate here”.
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He didn’t even care.
He looked at me,
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trying to see who
was cursing at him,
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insulting him.
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I was telling him all that so
that he would notice me
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and come to help.
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-Did you yell at him?
-Yeah.
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What happened next?
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How did you open the gate?
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How much time went by
until the gate was open?
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A long time,
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a long time we were here,
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breathing smoke...
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Hello...
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Hello?
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-Fire Department.
-Good morning, ma’am.
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I’m correctional officer Sepulveda.
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Look, ma’am, we need the fire department
to send some units to the San Miguel prison,
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located in San Francisco
and Ureta Cox.
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-I’ll transfer you to the regional office.
-Thank you.
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-Hello? Don’t hang up.
-Ok.
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Well. I’m trying,
I’m trying.
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Damn, those girls aren’t picking up.
00:35:51.260 --> 00:35:52.780
-Hello?
-Hello, good morning.
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Yes, tell me.
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I’m calling from the Department
of Corrections,
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officer Sepulveda,
who am I speaking with?
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I already got the alarm,
I’m dispatching.
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-Ok, ma’am.
-Ok.
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Thank you.
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Ok, lieutenant,
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Do you know how many
wounded inmates are there?
00:36:16.570 --> 00:36:19.700
Officer, all the inmates from
the fourth floor are still up there.
00:36:21.150 --> 00:36:22.660
So, they haven’t gotten
any of them out yet?
00:36:22.980 --> 00:36:23.750
No.
00:36:26.350 --> 00:36:27.230
Hello?
00:36:32.160 --> 00:36:36.340
All the inmates were yelling
and saying to open the gates,
00:36:36.670 --> 00:36:38.160
that they were burning,
00:36:38.330 --> 00:36:40.340
and I told them
I didn’t have the keys,
00:36:40.370 --> 00:36:44.060
because the officers went
down to breath fresh air,
00:36:44.080 --> 00:36:45.250
to recover,
00:36:45.290 --> 00:36:48.900
because they had spent
a long time up here, right?
00:36:50.190 --> 00:36:52.170
They were also suffocating.
00:36:57.270 --> 00:37:00.190
The key to North 5 Tower,
who had it?
00:37:00.280 --> 00:37:02.500
-To the North 5?
-To North 5…
00:37:02.520 --> 00:37:04.170
to North 4, I’m sorry.
00:37:04.490 --> 00:37:06.790
-The keys to this sector, the North 4.
-At least, I didn’t.
00:37:06.810 --> 00:37:08.680
I had the keys that day.
00:37:08.940 --> 00:37:10.880
I had the keys, lieutenant.
00:37:11.190 --> 00:37:14.100
Do you remember that
I opened the lock to the North 4,
00:37:14.120 --> 00:37:15.180
with the bolt cutter first?
00:37:15.210 --> 00:37:17.750
When I was with the firefighter,
00:37:17.750 --> 00:37:20.020
I was carrying the bolt cutter,
and I opened the lock,
00:37:20.060 --> 00:37:22.320
and I couldn’t open
the one in South 4.
00:37:22.350 --> 00:37:25.740
-What’s your name, sir?
-Fernando Panaguirre Flores.
00:37:25.770 --> 00:37:27.830
-And you had the keys?
-Yes, I had them.
00:37:27.840 --> 00:37:29.630
-Fernando what?
-Panaguirre Flores.
00:37:29.710 --> 00:37:32.030
-Banaguirre.
-Panaguirre.
00:37:33.470 --> 00:37:36.080
Moreover…
look,
00:37:36.110 --> 00:37:38.970
with the same bolt cutter
that was on the floor,
00:37:38.990 --> 00:37:41.380
I grabbed it and cut
the locks from that gate
00:37:41.410 --> 00:37:45.220
to take out the hoses and take
them upstairs to try to put out the fire.
00:37:45.380 --> 00:37:48.580
-Ok… Fernando Panaguirre.
-Yes.
00:37:50.550 --> 00:37:55.560
Ok… and if he had
the keys to the North 4,
00:37:55.650 --> 00:37:58.500
didn’t the correctional staff
have a back-up key?
00:37:58.510 --> 00:38:00.580
-Wasn’t there any…?
-No, there was only one keychain.
00:38:00.770 --> 00:38:03.460
And that keychain was in possession
of Fernando Panaguirre.
00:38:03.490 --> 00:38:07.910
Yes, because the officer was at the stairs
and didn’t want to go and open the gate.
00:38:07.920 --> 00:38:10.110
I arrived, took the keys
from his hands
00:38:10.180 --> 00:38:13.830
and went running
to open the locks.
00:38:14.440 --> 00:38:17.730
-Which officer?
-I don’t remember which officer.
00:38:19.270 --> 00:38:23.330
I'm not sure... I can’t tell any names,
because I’m not sure who it was.
00:38:23.620 --> 00:38:25.940
But, why did you mention
another person before?
00:38:26.110 --> 00:38:27.540
I don’t know,
00:38:27.710 --> 00:38:29.300
I thought that maybe
there were rivalries...
00:38:29.300 --> 00:38:31.040
Ok, who did you name…
00:38:31.120 --> 00:38:33.350
-In the statement?
-I don’t know… I don’t know,
00:38:35.830 --> 00:38:37.770
it’s hard enough for me as it is,
00:38:37.780 --> 00:38:40.310
being here under
these circumstances.
00:38:40.580 --> 00:38:42.210
Ok, you named a person,
00:38:42.430 --> 00:38:46.300
that person you mentioned
was in your statement,
00:38:46.320 --> 00:38:48.180
-Do you remember?
-Yes.
00:38:48.380 --> 00:38:50.830
Was that person there or wasn’t it?
00:38:50.870 --> 00:38:52.450
Or was it another one?
00:38:52.850 --> 00:38:54.300
No, it seems...
00:38:54.330 --> 00:38:56.510
that everyone says now
that it was another person.
00:38:56.530 --> 00:38:58.680
That doesn’t matter;
what did you see?
00:39:00.040 --> 00:39:02.180
No, I saw another person,
00:39:02.220 --> 00:39:05.500
but physically, from afar,
I saw a person,
00:39:05.510 --> 00:39:08.310
but I couldn’t distinguish
who it was.
00:39:08.340 --> 00:39:09.790
The name you gave me,
00:39:10.570 --> 00:39:13.190
can you confirm it?
00:39:13.540 --> 00:39:14.290
What?
00:39:14.320 --> 00:39:16.870
The name you gave me
in your statement,
00:39:18.290 --> 00:39:19.480
Do you remember that?
00:39:20.790 --> 00:39:22.790
When you gave your statement,
you mention a name.
00:39:23.080 --> 00:39:25.830
Yes, but I can’t tell you
the name in front of…
00:39:25.840 --> 00:39:28.280
Fine, but regardless of that,
I’m not asking you that.
00:39:29.290 --> 00:39:30.380
That person,
00:39:30.560 --> 00:39:32.290
was that the person
you saw,
00:39:32.350 --> 00:39:34.330
-or you’re not sure?
-I’m not sure.
00:40:07.360 --> 00:40:11.030
Did someone coerced you
to say, at that time,
00:40:11.050 --> 00:40:14.290
what you mentioned regarding
the name of the officer?
00:40:14.310 --> 00:40:17.620
What? I don’t understand
what you’re telling me.
00:40:20.500 --> 00:40:24.490
Did someone forced you
to say what is written there?
00:40:32.420 --> 00:40:33.030
Mr. Patricio…
00:40:33.050 --> 00:40:35.030
A commander of
the unit approached me...
00:40:35.660 --> 00:40:39.610
and told me and the other 4
who escaped the fire that day,
00:40:39.810 --> 00:40:42.740
that if we declare against
the Department of Correction,
00:40:42.740 --> 00:40:45.890
they were going to make my life
a living hell inside the prison.
00:40:52.450 --> 00:40:57.580
Photo nº1: Large bedroom of the north wing,
tower nº5, 4th floor.
00:41:12.180 --> 00:41:20.400
"They wanted me to act."
00:41:41.960 --> 00:41:44.940
Open the gates!
00:41:49.700 --> 00:41:53.400
We’re burning!
00:41:54.470 --> 00:41:59.400
-Open the gates!
-We’re burning!
00:42:22.880 --> 00:42:26.120
Open the gates!
00:42:36.790 --> 00:42:40.460
We’re burning!
00:43:00.680 --> 00:43:05.760
We’re contacting the correctional
officers to open the gates.
00:43:06.380 --> 00:43:12.210
I need personnel in the main entrance
to support the firefighters.
00:43:12.810 --> 00:43:13.980
Lieutenant Daisy,
00:43:14.110 --> 00:43:16.970
please contact the officer
on guard duty
00:43:16.970 --> 00:43:19.420
so that he opens the parking gate
00:43:19.480 --> 00:43:22.310
and let the fire trucks in.
00:43:22.710 --> 00:43:24.980
They don’t have access
through there;
00:43:24.980 --> 00:43:27.510
they say that area belongs
to the courthouse.
00:43:27.960 --> 00:43:31.000
The trucks, the RP,
the bolt cutter, lieutenant,
00:43:31.000 --> 00:43:34.150
at least to cut open the locks so
that they can come and throw water,
00:43:34.720 --> 00:43:36.820
I’m with the officer
on guard duty
00:43:36.820 --> 00:43:41.670
and she tells me they can’t go in throw there,
because it belongs to the courthouse.
00:43:41.860 --> 00:43:44.280
To speak to the firefighters,
00:43:44.280 --> 00:43:48.880
and tell them to use
the bolt cutter to cut the lock.
00:43:51.750 --> 00:43:55.780
Cut, cut if there is a lock,
if there is,
00:43:55.960 --> 00:43:58.920
I don’t remember what
they’re called…
00:43:59.120 --> 00:44:04.020
cut the locks and/or knock down that part
so that the firefighters can come in.
00:44:06.130 --> 00:44:10.660
Cut here in the entrance
to the correctional facility.
00:44:11.780 --> 00:44:13.010
Cut the lock.
00:44:36.190 --> 00:44:38.100
6 with complications!
00:44:39.220 --> 00:44:40.760
Fire truck!
00:44:41.360 --> 00:44:42.760
Repeat, repeat.
00:44:43.210 --> 00:44:44.990
Tower 6,
the water pressure dropped!
00:44:45.050 --> 00:44:46.650
The water pressure dropped!
00:45:10.520 --> 00:45:14.540
But... I had to leave
the lock and the bolt cutter,
00:45:14.840 --> 00:45:17.040
because my hands felt very hot.
00:45:17.600 --> 00:45:19.360
I leave the bolt cutter on the floor,
00:45:19.540 --> 00:45:21.200
I throw away my gloves,
00:45:21.320 --> 00:45:25.520
and I put some new ones right away.
00:45:40.580 --> 00:45:43.920
With those I felt
a bit more protected.
00:45:45.820 --> 00:45:50.670
And then I try to cut
the lock a couple more times.
00:45:51.920 --> 00:45:55.020
And I start to look
what was there,
00:45:55.180 --> 00:45:57.560
but I couldn’t see anything,
right?
00:45:59.220 --> 00:46:03.500
So, we directed the water
to cool down the people,
00:46:03.620 --> 00:46:07.380
who were shouting here
at the gate,
00:46:07.640 --> 00:46:09.820
and there were like
two officers
00:46:09.870 --> 00:46:12.600
who couldn’t come up because
of the high temperature.
00:46:16.210 --> 00:46:19.780
I ask one of them
what was here.
00:46:20.040 --> 00:46:22.360
And he tells me:
“That’s already discarded”,
00:46:22.530 --> 00:46:25.670
OK? I didn’t know that there...
00:46:26.100 --> 00:46:27.500
that there were people.
00:46:58.800 --> 00:47:01.780
Hey, open the gate!
00:47:32.670 --> 00:47:34.570
Son of a bitch!
00:47:34.800 --> 00:47:35.800
Rodrigo!
00:47:35.990 --> 00:47:39.800
-Put down, put down, put down.
-Right there.
00:47:41.240 --> 00:47:42.870
The one in the orange helmet!
00:52:59.410 --> 00:53:01.180
Hospital…
00:53:01.180 --> 00:53:03.180
Good morning, I’m calling from
the Correctional Department.
00:53:03.180 --> 00:53:07.590
-Yes?
-We have a big fire
00:53:07.600 --> 00:53:09.130
in the San Miguel unit.
00:53:09.160 --> 00:53:11.400
-A what?
-A fire.
00:53:11.840 --> 00:53:12.980
Damn…
00:53:13.690 --> 00:53:18.130
So, please, notify the ambulances
to go there.
00:53:20.570 --> 00:53:23.180
Which ambulances?
00:53:23.530 --> 00:53:26.620
The San Miguel unit is within
the Barros Luco area, right?
00:53:26.650 --> 00:53:27.650
No...
00:53:27.650 --> 00:53:30.850
The nearest hospital to
San Miguel is yours, right?
00:53:31.380 --> 00:53:34.430
Yes, of course.
Yes.
00:53:34.500 --> 00:53:37.540
Ok, then. And you have to cut down the supply,
because there are a lot of inmates.
00:53:37.590 --> 00:53:41.020
Are you telling me that
you’ll send patients here?
00:53:41.420 --> 00:53:45.060
There are more than 50,
100 inmates…
00:53:49.320 --> 00:53:50.310
Damn…
00:53:58.150 --> 00:54:01.910
Lieutenant, please send another truck to
the front gate, the families are a bit upset here.
00:55:06.780 --> 00:55:08.780
Boris Bahamondes.
00:55:14.070 --> 00:55:16.080
Germain Troncoso.
00:55:22.970 --> 00:55:24.790
Jonathan Mena.
00:55:29.020 --> 00:55:32.580
Víctor Cereceda, Andrés Mallea.
00:55:42.810 --> 00:55:44.180
At 6.30 p.m.
00:55:44.310 --> 00:55:49.960
the police officers call
on speaker to Antonio’s family.
00:55:53.620 --> 00:55:54.980
I start reading the records
00:55:54.990 --> 00:55:57.120
and the first thing I notice is
that the name doesn’t match.
00:55:57.130 --> 00:56:00.070
I say: “The photo matches,
but not the name”.
00:56:00.340 --> 00:56:01.700
What did they tell you then?
00:56:01.800 --> 00:56:03.860
“These are normal mistakes”.
00:56:03.860 --> 00:56:06.340
And I told them:
“what errors can there be?”
00:56:06.360 --> 00:56:08.860
The mess had no comparison.
00:56:13.140 --> 00:56:16.120
I feel that the officers working then
executed our sons,
00:56:16.140 --> 00:56:18.190
they condemned to dead.
00:56:18.690 --> 00:56:21.990
A group of people who didn’t open
the gates in the right time,
00:56:22.140 --> 00:56:24.260
who didn’t have
their protocols on check,
00:56:24.540 --> 00:56:27.330
who didn’t even know
who was on the tower.
00:56:29.350 --> 00:56:32.740
But finally, how did you know
for sure your son was dead?
00:56:33.700 --> 00:56:35.010
I asked to see him,
00:56:35.270 --> 00:56:38.990
but when they allowed me to see him,
that Saturday afternoon,
00:56:39.420 --> 00:56:41.360
I saw him and then I don’t
remember anything more.
00:58:20.330 --> 00:58:23.230
DECEASED’S MOTHER STATEMENT
00:58:23.240 --> 00:58:26.990
Sometimes I dream that
he knocks on my door and says:
00:58:27.010 --> 00:58:30.760
“Mom, what you saw there,
it wasn’t me”
01:01:50.580 --> 01:01:52.480
I can’t...
01:01:57.580 --> 01:02:00.430
I can’t forget
what I lived through,
01:02:05.070 --> 01:02:09.470
because there died people
who shared life with me,
01:02:09.480 --> 01:02:13.080
who lived with me many times,
we lived together.
01:02:16.130 --> 01:02:19.340
I haven’t received psychological help,
01:02:19.370 --> 01:02:20.980
or medical help or anything,
01:02:25.030 --> 01:02:29.870
I mean… I dream
01:02:30.420 --> 01:02:32.830
about what I lived,
many times.
01:02:39.190 --> 01:02:40.840
I can’t...
01:02:45.880 --> 01:02:48.370
It’s hard to erase
the images…
01:02:49.720 --> 01:02:51.190
Do you understand me?
01:06:35.850 --> 01:06:36.900
Good afternoon.
01:06:36.990 --> 01:06:42.240
The hearing is renewed,
and we will read the verdict.
01:06:51.850 --> 01:06:55.410
This court has decided,
unanimously,
01:06:55.570 --> 01:06:57.340
the following:
01:07:00.800 --> 01:07:05.380
to absolve the accused of each
and every one of the charges
01:07:05.380 --> 01:07:10.360
made by the Public Attorney’s Office
and its parties.
01:07:12.980 --> 01:07:14.920
That is all, thank you.
01:10:03.700 --> 01:10:10.250
IN MEMORY OF:
01:10:12.670 --> 01:10:18.630
Dedicated to the families of the 81
and the survivors of this tragedy.
01:10:18.670 --> 01:10:22.170
Thank you for joining us
in this new memorial vigil,
01:10:22.170 --> 01:10:26.460
the 78th, to demonstrate
that we have not forgotten.
01:10:29.610 --> 01:10:33.190
The speaker is available for those who want
to put on some music or read a statement.
01:10:33.260 --> 01:10:35.880
And welcome
to the San Miguel prison, brother.
Distributor: Pragda Films
Length: 77 minutes
Date: 2020
Genre: Expository
Language: Spanish
Grade: Middle School, High School, College, Adults
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Closed Captioning: Available
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