圣地亚哥，智利 — 智利法院周四判处一名从哥斯达黎加引渡的委内瑞拉男子20年监禁，罪名是其在前委内瑞拉军官兼异议人士罗纳德·奥赫达绑架和杀害案中的角色。此案具有政治敏感性，引发了智利对有组织犯罪的担忧。
SANTIAGO, Chile — A Chilean court on Thursday sentenced a Venezuelan man extradited from Costa Rica to 20 years in prison for his role in the kidnapping and killing of former Venezuelan military officer and dissident Ronald Ojeda, a politically charged case that has raised concerns in Chile about organized crime.
检方将28岁的麦克尔·大卫·维尔加斯·罗德里格斯（Maickel David Villegas Rodríguez）认定为特伦·德阿拉瓜（Tren de Aragua）当地分支的成员，该委内瑞拉犯罪集团被特朗普政府指定为外国恐怖组织。他是奥赫达遇害案中首位接受完整审判的被告。其他16名被告将于下周接受审判。
Maickel David Villegas Rodríguez, 28, identified by prosecutors as a member of a local offshoot of Tren de Aragua , the Venezuelan crime group designated by the Trump administration as a foreign terrorist organization, was the first defendant in Ojeda’s killing to face a full trial. Sixteen other defendants are set to go on trial next week.
检方称，维尔加斯·罗德里格斯在奥赫达公寓外放哨，并拍摄了他的绑架过程，以将证据发送给帮派首领。法院认定他有罪，罪名是协助实施绑架，该绑架导致奥赫达死亡。20年的刑期是检方在其引渡过程中根据智利对哥斯达黎加所作的承诺所能寻求的最高刑罚。
Prosecutors said Villegas Rodríguez kept watch outside Ojeda’s apartment and filmed his kidnapping to send proof to gang leaders. The court found him guilty of helping carry out the abduction, which resulted in Ojeda’s death. The 20-year sentence was the maximum prosecutors could seek under commitments Chile made to Costa Rica during his extradition.
“我们很满意他的参与罪名已被证实。（维尔加斯·罗德里格斯）在罗纳德·奥赫达的绑架和杀害中发挥了战略作用，”代表奥赫达家庭的律师亚历杭德拉·瓦尔迪维索（Alejandra Valdivieso）说。“没有任何刑罚能够弥补家庭所遭受的伤害。但每一次定罪都会让他们多一点安宁，并帮助他们继续前行。”奥赫达32岁，2017年因被指控策划反对前总统尼古拉斯·马杜罗政府的阴谋而逃离委内瑞拉。
“We are satisfied that his participation was proven. (Villegas Rodríguez) played a strategic role in Ronald Ojeda’s kidnapping and killing,” said Alejandra Valdivieso, a lawyer representing Ojeda’s family. “No sentence can repair the harm the family suffered. But each conviction will give them a little more peace and help them move forward.”Ojeda, 32, fled Venezuela in 2017 after being accused of conspiring against the government of former President Nicolás Maduro .
2024年2月，智利授予他难民身份不久后，奥赫达在首都圣地亚哥的公寓里被冒充警察的男子绑架。他的尸体后来被发现装在一个手提箱里，埋在混凝土之下。
In February 2024, soon after Chile granted him refugee status, Ojeda was abducted from his apartment in Santiago, the capital, by men posing as police officers. His body was later found inside a suitcase, buried under concrete.
此次杀人事件震惊了智利的委内瑞拉流亡者社群。智利拥有拉美地区最大的委内瑞拉社群之一。智利检察官指控委内瑞拉内政部长迪奥斯达多·卡贝洛下令杀害奥赫达，并向阿拉瓜火车帮领导人支付费用以实施此举 — — 如果这一指控被证实，将引发人们对智利在本国领土上保护政治流亡者能力的严重质疑。委内瑞拉政府否认参与此次杀人事件。
The killing rattled Venezuelan exiles in Chile, home to one of the largest Venezuelan communities in Latin America. Chilean prosecutors allege Venezuelan Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello ordered Ojeda’s killing and paid a Tren de Aragua leader to carry it out — a claim that, if proven, would raise serious questions about Chile’s ability to protect political exiles on its own soil. The Venezuelan government denies involvement in the killing.
该指控目前仍在调查中，未在维尔加斯·罗德里格斯的审判中被提及。
The allegation remains under investigation and was not addressed in Villegas Rodríguez’s trial.
“即将进行的审判中没有被告直接与境外下令实施此罪行相关联，”维尔加斯·罗德里格斯案的检察官亚历克斯·科尔特斯·梅萨表示。“针对这一可能的动机，正在进行单独的调查，且该调查仍在进行中。”
“No defendant in the upcoming trial is directly linked to an order from abroad to commit this crime,” said Alex Cortés Mesa, the prosecutor in Villegas Rodríguez’s case. “There is a separate investigation into that possible motive, and it remains open.”