Alejandro Correa was murdered on May 18, 2020.
In 2019, Correa had taken legal action against Renato López for seizing Correa’s land in Quilpué.
In retaliation, López hired a Colombian hitman to kill Correa.
According to Valentina Correa, after her father’s murder, the “Toma” continued to grow, and her family was unable to reclaim the land.
“The buildings not only multiplied but also incorporated solar panels, water tanks, and vegetable gardens thanks to the AFP withdrawals.”
On August 27, 2024, the Valparaíso Court of Appeals ordered SERVIU to demolish the buildings on the seized land.
However, interminable delays have hindered the execution of this order. The state has insisted on shifting responsibility onto the victims, claiming it is a private matter.
The state’s defense, which was presented in court and rejected, tried to obligate the family to carry out the evictions as a precondition for demolition.
SERVIU, the state entity responsible for executing the order, used the same excuse, invoking the “Human Rights Protocol of the Supreme Court”.
The Correa family expects the rule of law to be respected. But if the state entities themselves do not abide by judicial rulings, what will become of this country?
Does the state expect these and any other victims to “negotiate” with the usurpers, under threat of death?
The signs of a failed state continue to grow, characterized by corruption, impunity, social decay, defenselessness, terror,and the increasing impossibility of living without paying homage to the illegal authority of organized crime.
Moral of the story: if something similar happens to you on your little Parcela, don’t expect the state to offer much help.
I live not too far away from one of the largest tomas in the country which has a population of 10,000. It is quite obvious that the left and this particular commie government are in support of these things and only pretend to acknowledge the law and order aspect to temporarily shut people up.
The previous commie mayor of San Antonio actually advised this toma before she was voted out office in the last muni election. Two deadlines for eviction have passed with no sign that the government will enforce the law.
This toma is a nexus of crime and god knows what else.
The Correa family has been forced to fork out millions in legal costs in order to defend their “constitutional rights”. Its pretty clear that the law only functions when the state wants it to.
A case could be made for bringing legal actions against the state for abandono de deberes, and not just confined to this particular example of injustice either.
The country needs a very serious do-over, which is not possible under the current conditions. It would take another 60 percent or so of the population adopting a Swiss sort of social mentality, lasting for multiple generations, to begin to replace the increasingly irresponsible, counterproductive Latin American viveza criolla that is that is at the heart of Chilean politics, society, and behavior.
Looking at some of the usual media reports on the polls recently:
The recent Black&White poll suggested current voting intention with 31.6% of those consulted leaning toward José Antonio Kast (Republican Party) if the first presidential round were held next Sunday.
Support for Jeannette Jara (Communist Party) down to 25.7%, a drop of six points since earlier survey.
Kast increased four points compared to the previous survey.
Evelyn Matthei (UDI) with 18%; Johannes Kaiser (PNL) with 8.7% (-1); Franco Parisi (PDG) with 7.1% (+2); Harold Mayne-Nicholls (Ind. ) with 4% (+2); Marco Enríquez-Ominami (Ind.) with 0.9% (-1) and Eduardo Artés (Ind.) with 0.9%
Then a different poll: “Citizen Panel” – suggested Kast down three points after the debate, from 27% last week to 24%, leaving him tied for first place with the communist candidate Jeannette Jara. Evelyn Matthei, in third place. Johannes Kaiser (PNL) with 10% (+4), Franco Parisi (PDG) with 9% (-1), Harold Mayne-Nicholls with 4% (+2), Marco Enríquez-Ominami with 2% (unchanged) and Eduardo Artés with 1% (unchanged).
Rather different polling results.
Then consider the “Criteria poll” showing Jara in first place with 29%, the same as last week. In second place, Kast with 27%. Evelyn Matthei down four points to 13%, leaving her in third place. Then came Johannes Kaiser with 10% (+1).
Chileans have the annoying habit of responding to questions in:
a. The way that reflects most positively on themselves. For example, if you ask for directions, but person you ask doesn’t know, rather than appear ignorant, and saying “sorry, don’t know”, they will concoct false information.
b. They will respond in the way they think that the questioner will approve of, ie, they tend to go for what they think is the “winning” answer.
Simply giving a straightforward, and truthful, response seems to be beyond many here, which is why even the politicians disregard Opinion Polls
Maybe " Tendentious" is the word…or even plain “Biased”
Feargle is quite correct in describing the lack of honesty in responding to poll questions, as is Chileans responding to everything else.
It’s part of the chamullo aspect of the culture.
If you don’t know, don’t admit it, but make something up try to please the one asking.
I’m going with “bullshit.”
One more poll: the CADEM folks.
Their call assessing support following the recent debates: Communist Jara with 26%, down 2pts. Conservative Kast with 25%, down one point. Matthei up two to 18%.
I’m voting Kaiser in the primera vuelta to send Kast a message and then voting for Kast in the segunda vuelta.
As a white South African, it will be the first time in my life of more than a quarter of a century of voting that a candidate and party I support wins an election. Can’t wait!
Hmm…given the electorate here, don’t count your chickens.
They are easily influenced, have a poor memory, and always believe pie-in-the-sky promises that appear to benefit them personally.
We already see a partial acceptance of levels of violence and corruption which would have been unthinkable even 15 years ago.
I’m not interested in politics, but as a good citizen, I can freely express my opinion and even criticize the actions of the government. Democracy, so often touted by the deluded, is an absurdity in countries like the American ones, full of vices and where citizens lack all the virtues necessary to establish a true Republic.
When they’ve moralized themselves, let a government come,
completely liberal, free, and full of ideals, where all citizens have a stake.
Meh. I’m a benevolent dictatorship guy myself; however, if I’m to vote, I’d much rather at least have the CHANCE that my guy be the guy for a short period than none at all.
Bringing this topic back to its origin, maybe justice will finally be done, although SERVIU keeps dragging its feet:
La abogada de la familia afectada, Jeanette Bruna, señaló que, según el cronograma que la autoridad le había anticipado, ayer debía definirse la adjudicataria, lo que al final no ocurrió.
<<As a white South African, it will be the first time in my life of more than a quarter of a century of voting that a candidate and party I support wins an election. Can’t wait!>>
It’s estimated that in Quilpué, land occupations have increased by more than 100% since the (2019 estallido), which in turn triggered a trend of tomas throughout the country, under the ideological concept that they are “fair” compared to a supply of social housing that is considered cramped, without yards, and uninhabitable, according to those defending the occupations. In Quilpué, there are houses with lots of up to 1,500 square meters.
So its OK to grab private land, murder its owner and subdivide it up into generous lots because state-provided housing is “cramped”.
Shows how anarchic this country can be when the lumpen are encouraged by the commies with their phony “social demand” rhetoric.
Part of the problem is the admission of immigrants. Unlike more civilized countries Chile lets them come in uncontrolled, but makes no provisions to house them.
Bachelet has a lot to answer for, and hopefully will be called to account in a future, less buenista administration. Perhaps her current effort to become the next UN Secretary-General is an attempt to obtain an especie de blindaje político in order to avoid future domestic embarrassment, or worse.
Despite the second eviction order, the government still drags its feet regarding the 10,000 person toma in San Antonio with the intent to establish this as a precedent (forced deals with the owners) for other tomas throughout Chile.
Faced with massive publicity stemming from the sheer injustice of this Toma, where the landowner was murdered, the government has finally bit the bullet, and is clearing it.
The San Antonio Toma is much bigger, and represents a political problem neither this nor any other government will be unable to solve through “negotiations”.
Perhaps they should have considered the social impact of uncontrolled immigration before they opened the floodgates, unless its destabilizing aspect was what they were actually aiming for. In the latter case, they have succeeded.
