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==Background==

==Background==

[[File:Senator Sebastián Piñera Echenique (1990).jpg|150px|thumbnail|left|Senator Sebastián Piñera Echenique in 1990.]]

[[File:Senator Sebastián Piñera Echenique (1990).jpg|150px|thumbnail|left|Senator Sebastián Piñera Echenique in 1990.]]

Sebastián in the 80's was a ''Christian Democrat'' and as such had worked for Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle's candidacy, which did not prosper due to Patricio Aylwin's cunning. In 1989, Andrés Allamand, who had always run for the Christian Democracy, had the strange idea of taking Piñera to the command of [[Hernán Büchi]], Minister of Finance, who was leading the presidential polls. But that literally "blew it" and the candidate resigned, alleging a "vital contradiction". There are no two more different people in the world than Hernán Büchi and Sebastián Piñera.

Sebastián in the 80's was a ''[[Christian Democrat]]'' and as such had worked for [[Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle]]'s candidacy, which did not prosper due to [[Patricio Aylwin]]'s cunning. In 1989, Andrés Allamand, who had always run for the Christian Democracy, had the strange idea of taking Piñera to the command of [[Hernán Büchi]], Minister of Finance, who was leading the presidential polls. But that literally "blew it" and the candidate resigned, alleging a "vital contradiction". There are no two more different people in the world than Hernán Büchi and Sebastián Piñera.

In August 27, 1982, an arrest warrant was issued by the investigating minister Luis Correa Bulo to the Prefecture of Investigations, against Miguel Juan Sebastián Piñera Echenique for crimes under banking legislation and for defrauding the Bank of Talca, for which he worked.

In August 27, 1982, an arrest warrant was issued by the investigating minister Luis Correa Bulo to the Prefecture of Investigations, against Miguel Juan Sebastián Piñera Echenique for crimes under banking legislation and for defrauding the Bank of Talca, for which he worked.

"14th Criminal Court of Santiago. Santiago, August twenty-seventh, 1982. Luis Correa Bulo, visiting minister in this 14th Criminal Court of Santiago, in case 99.971-6 has decreed the apprehension by the Prefecture of Investigations of Santiago of Miguel Juan Sebastián Piñera Echenique (...) for the crime of infringement of articles 25 and 26 of the General Law of Banks and defrauding the Bank of Talca".

"14th Criminal Court of Santiago. Santiago, August twenty-seventh, 1982. Luis Correa Bulo, visiting minister in this 14th Criminal Court of Santiago, in case 99.971-6 has decreed the apprehension by the Prefecture of Investigations of Santiago of Miguel Juan Sebastián Piñera Echenique (...) for the crime of infringement of articles 25 and 26 of the General Law of Banks and defrauding the Bank of Talca".

The order was not complied with because the subject remained at large. Mónica Madariaga, Minister of Justice in the [[Military Government (Chile)|Military Government]], stating that she received a request from minister [[José Piñera]], his brother, to intercede with Piñera's investigator to prevent him from being arrested. She adds that years later they met on a plane and he thanked her for having kept him out of jail. He even owes that debt to the military government, which he later betrayed.

The order was not complied with because the subject remained at large. [[Mónica Madariaga]], Minister of Justice in the [[Military Government (Chile)|Military Government]], stating that she received a request from minister [[José Piñera]], his brother, to intercede with Piñera's investigator to prevent him from being arrested. She adds that years later they met on a plane and he thanked her for having kept him out of jail. He even owes that debt to the military government, which he later betrayed.

Piñera was a 28-day prisoner on the run and was later acquitted by the Supreme Court.<ref name=Townsend>{{cite web|url=https://centroschilenos.blogia.com/2009/072806-sobrino-de-pinochet-asegura-que-madariaga-dice-la-verdad.php|title=Sobrino de Pinochet asegura que Madariaga dice la verdad|date=July 28, 2009|language=es|publisher=La Nación|author=[[Gonzalo Townsend Pinochet]]}}</ref>

Piñera was a 28-day prisoner on the run and was later acquitted by the Supreme Court.<ref name=Townsend>{{cite web|url=https://centroschilenos.blogia.com/2009/072806-sobrino-de-pinochet-asegura-que-madariaga-dice-la-verdad.php|title=Sobrino de Pinochet asegura que Madariaga dice la verdad|date=July 28, 2009|language=es|publisher=La Nación|author=[[Gonzalo Townsend Pinochet]]}}</ref>