Chile: Ex-military man in Romario Veloz case granted conditional release weeks before sentence ends

José Andrés Arenas Mancilla, convicted for shooting César Véliz, a survivor of the Romario Veloz case, was granted conditional release one month before completing his five-year sentence. The decision, announced days before the seventh anniversary of Chile's social outbreak, led the convict to withdraw his request. This is a judicial development in a high-profile human rights case, with implications for public trust in the justice system.