The links between the two were revealed after analyzing the telephone of the criminal lawyer, who is in preventive custody after being accused of money laundering, bribery and crimes against tax authorities.

The scandal known as the “audios case” could become one of the biggest in the history of the country due to the links between Hermosilla and former government officials, politicians and businessmen, to whom Judge Vivanco is now added.

The publication of an extensive exchange of messages indicates that the once powerful jurist campaigned to achieve his appointment to the highest court of the country in 2018, during the government of Sebastián Piñera.

This type of action would have also occurred with the magistrate Jean Pierre Matus, but now the fact is more serious because there is evidence that Vivanco did numerous favors to Hermosilla from his high position, which qualifies as influence peddling.

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