Supreme appoints Jenny Book as visiting minister to investigate the case of conscript Vargas

The Plenary Session of the Supreme Court resolved in an extraordinary session to grant the request for the appointment of a minister on an extraordinary visit to investigate the facts regarding the death of the conscript of the “Huamachuco” Motorized Brigade, Franco Vargas, which occurred during an instruction march .

“The highest court appointed the minister of the Court of Appeals of Santiago and president of the Court Martial Jenny Book for these purposes,” the Judiciary reported in a statement.

Book shared, barely being notified, her first steps: “LMy idea is to be able to travel today perhaps to Arica and tomorrow to establish myself in Putre at the scene of the events with the “in order to carry out those first steps.” THe will also seek to “have a meeting with the conscripts’ family.”

Regarding some progress in the investigation, he assured that ““We cannot report the proceedings fully or with great precision,” since the case “is a matter of military justice, therefore it is an old, written, secret criminal procedure.”

Specifically, I do anticipate that it will “become the scene of the events, take statements, conduct confrontations, which at this moment is the most important thing, talk to the conscripts who are there in the regiment.”

Who is Jenny Book?

The judge has more than 39 years of experience in the Judiciary and has been a member of the Court of Appeals since 2013 and two years ago she began to be part of the military court.

His name had already been heard in the past, as he was one of the options to succeed Romy Rutherford in the case of irregularities in the Army, better known as “milicogate.” However, that movement was complex because he presided over the Court Martial.

According to the media that covered this news, they describe her as a person with a strong character, methodical and with a lot of experience.