Former Chilean President Sebastián Píñera (74) has died “Asphyxiation by submersion”. This was revealed by the preliminary outcomes of the post-mortem of the physique of the previous president, who drowned in Lake Ranco, about 900 kilometers south of Santiago, after the helicopter he was piloting crashed.
The data was distributed by Third, which cited sources conversant in the Medical Examiner’s Workplace procedures. In entrance of the press, the regional director of the SML made a slip: “The post-mortem gave us a reasonably clear explanation for loss of life, however after chatting with the family and agreeing with them, we are going to reserve it.”
For her half, the prosecutor of the Lago Ranco area, Tatiana Esquivel, defined that the post-mortem lasted 4 hours and that the following part of the investigation is underway Take a look at the helicopter which crashed this Tuesday round three p.m. and sank at a depth of 25 meters.
The results of the post-mortem was introduced this Wednesday at round 10 a.m., when Piñera’s stays had been buried within the Corridor of Honor of the previous Nationwide Congress within the Chilean capital. A personal ceremony was anticipated round midday on the former Congress, attended by a small variety of household and pals.
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Shortly afterwards, the helicopter crashed into Lake Ranco, the place the previous Chilean president was confirmed lifeless.
Within the afternoon, the doorways of the previous seat of the Legislature in Santiago, which presently operates within the metropolis of Valparaíso, had been scheduled to be opened in order that most people may say goodbye to the previous president.
The wake will proceed on Thursday and on Friday the stays shall be transferred to La Moneda for a memorial service after which to the Catedral Metropolitana within the capital’s Plaza de Armas. The funeral service and burial will lastly happen on Friday on the Parque del Memoria cemetery in Huechuraba.
Piñera’s loss of life: What is thought
The 2-time president of Chile (2010-2014 and 2018-2022) spent the southern summer season holidays at his dwelling in Bahía Coique on the shores of Lake Ranco. That Tuesday he went to dinner on the close by home of José Cox, a businessman good friend. When he returned after taking off and flying for a couple of minutes, he misplaced management of the machine and fell into the water in the neighborhood of Futrono. After the work of a diving staff, his physique was recovered from the underside of the lake.
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For the reason that crash precipitated the helicopter to sink 40 meters into the lake, the Navy needed to perform intensive rescue operations.
On Tuesday night, the physique of the previous president arrived in Valdivia, the place the forensic medical service carried out an post-mortem. At the moment There have been three hypotheses that had been taken into consideration within the State Ministry: unhealthy climate circumstances, an misguided maneuver because of poor visibility or a well being drawback that prevented Piñera from reaching his vacation spot, his summer season dwelling in Bahía Coique.
Piñera was touring with three different individuals, together with his sister Magdalena Piñera Echenique. Yesterday night, the historian and government director of the Futuro Basis stated a last-minute farewell with a heartfelt message till final December. “He was an awesome man … very beneficiant and really brave,” he stated shortly earlier than the microphones of Meganews.
The machine piloted by the previous president crashed into the lake in sturdy climate and Piñera sank into the water contained in the helicopter as a result of he couldn’t unfasten his seat belt and get out like his companions may. These three witness statements shall be essential to the investigation.