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Suspect in fatal hit-and-run of filmmaker Paz Ramírez arrested in Santiago

From Cooperativa · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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News Named sources Outcome reported
  • A Chilean man has been arrested on suspicion of fatally hitting audiovisual producer Paz Ramírez in Santiago last Sunday.
  • Police located the vehicle involved and its 53-year-old driver, who is cooperating with the investigation and has a past drunk driving offense.
  • Evidence, including vehicle debris and witness accounts, helped investigators identify and apprehend the suspect.

Santiago, Chile – Authorities have arrested a 53-year-old Chilean man in connection with the death of Paz Ramírez, a 39-year-old audiovisual producer. Ramírez was struck and killed by a vehicle while crossing a street in Santiago last Sunday.

We located this vehicle here in the Santiago center commune with all the traces, marks, and evidence we managed to recover: impartial witnesses, camera footage, and even pieces of the vehicle itself.

— Mario UgarteCommander Mario Ugarte of the Traffic Accident Investigation Section described how investigators identified the suspect's vehicle.

The Public Ministry announced the arrest Wednesday, stating that the OS-9 unit of Carabineros and the Ñuñoa local prosecutor's office located the vehicle and its driver. The suspect was apprehended at his apartment in Santiago and is cooperating with investigators, according to Commander Mario Ugarte of the Traffic Accident Investigation Section.

Ugarte detailed how the investigation pieced together the incident. "We located this vehicle here in the Santiago center commune with all the traces, marks, and evidence we managed to recover: impartial witnesses, camera footage, and even pieces of the vehicle itself," he explained. Investigators were able to match the recovered debris to the car found in the building's basement.

is cooperating with the investigation

— Mario UgarteCommander Mario Ugarte stated that the suspect is cooperating with authorities.

The vehicle is registered to the detained man, and authorities have preliminarily ruled out that anyone else was driving it at the time of the accident. The suspect has a prior record for drunk driving, according to police.

maintains a record for driving under the influence of alcohol from a long time ago

— Mario UgarteCommander Mario Ugarte mentioned the suspect's past drunk driving offense.
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Originally published by Cooperativa in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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