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Chilean Supreme Court orders the release of former judge charged in case of spying on journalist and others

"The Supreme Court [of Chile] accepted a writ of amparo filed by the former minister of the Santiago Court of Appeals, Juan Antonio Poblete, and ordered his immediate release, in the context of the so-called Operation Topographer [a judicial case arising from the investigation made by journalist Mauricio Weibel inside the Army, following denunciations by officials that uncovered acts of corruption].

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The Prosecutor's Office for High Complexity Crimes Center North charged him with nineteen crimes: Seven of falsification of a public instrument and twelve for wiretapping.

The targets of the espionage were the journalist Mauricio Weibel, as well as people denouncing corruption within the Army."

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