I’m Not Going to Any Jail

Abstract

This chapter focuses on the early 1990s judicial pursuit of Manuel Contreras and Pedro Espinoza, now both retired yet protected by the military even after the return to democracy. The mysterious “Liliana Walker” is discovered to be a former escort called Mónica Lagos living quietly in Santiago. Lagos confirms the story told years earlier Armando Fernández, which allows the re-opening of the case in Chilean courts. Judicial reforms and the arrival of a new Supreme Court judge, Adolfo Bañados, results in the indictment of Contreras and Espinoza. They are found guilty in 1993, but they appeal.