Chile Kast government grants sentence reductions to Punta Peuco prisoners convicted of torture

Chile's Ministry of Justice, under President José Antonio Kast, granted sentence reductions to two prisoners at Punta Peuco convicted of torture and kidnapping, per exempt decrees. This follows Kast's campaign pledge to consider pardons for elderly or ill human rights violators, signaling a policy shift in penal benefits for dictatorship-era crimes.

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