Ivette Vergara's defense claims police error in reckless driving arrest

Television presenter and journalist Ivette Vergara is being formally charged with reckless driving following her arrest on Sunday. She was apprehended for driving at speeds exceeding 160 kilometers per hour in a zone with a 100 km/h limit on Costanera Norte.

Vergara's defense attorney, Pablo Aqueveque, has accused the police of making an error. He suggested that the radar used to measure her speed might have mistakenly recorded the velocity of other vehicles passing her at the time. While Vergara acknowledges driving over the speed limit, she contests the specific speed of 161 km/h reported by the police.

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She believes she was speeding, she admits and believes she was speeding, but she does not believe she was going 161 kilometers per hour, which is what the radar says.

"She believes she was speeding, she admits and believes she was speeding, but she does not believe she was going 161 kilometers per hour, which is what the radar says," Aqueveque stated. He added that the speed likely belonged to "two vehicles that say they passed very quickly next to her." The defense plans to request further investigation into the radar's accuracy.

Vergara was detained on Sunday afternoon in the Vitacura commune and is scheduled for formalization at the Justice Center on Monday. Her legal team is expected to argue that the police procedure contained errors, potentially impacting the case's outcome.

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two vehicles that say they passed very quickly next to her.