52 contempt. He was sentenced to 61 days of minor imprisonment, in minimum degree, to payment of a fine in the amount of 11 basic salaries, to suspension from public office or employment for the duration of the sentence and to defray the costs of the case. The Navy Court-Martial pointed out that “the intent to slander was clear in the statements published by the [Newspaper “La Prensa Austral”] and they prov[ed] that the defendant was fully convinced of the insults he had uttered and aware of the seriousness of the charges.” 145 63(92) On January 9, 1995, Mr. Palamara-Iribarne’s defense counsel filed an appeal of complaint against the Judges of the Navy Court-Martial. In said complaint it was alleged, inter alia, that the judges had committed “breaches or abuses” when they held that the crime of contempt had existed and when they convicted Mr. PalamaraIribarne under circumstances in which the conditions that make up the essence of the crime of contempt were not met.146 63(93) On July 20, 1995, the Chilean Supreme Court dismissed the appeal of complaint , for it found that no breach or abuse had been committed by the contested judges.147 Summary Administrative Investigation No. 1590 before the Office of the Administrative Prosecutor of the Third Naval Zone, Punta Arenas 63(94) On March 1, 1993, through Resolution Nº 1590/11/2, the Head of the A-2 Department of the Office of the Commander in Chief of the Third Naval Zone, Mr. Fernando Migram, informed the Commander in Chief of said Naval Zone, Hugo Bruna-Greene, about Mr. Palamara-Iribarne’s “lack of compliance [with section 89 of the] Ordinance of the Navy and insubordination” as well as about his failure to conform to the disciplinary rules of the Navy.148 Said report can be found in the first proceedings of Case No. 464 before the Naval Court of Magallanes (supra para. 63(18)).149 63(95) On March 2, 1993, the Commander in Chief of the Third Naval Zone, Hugo Bruna-Greene, issued resolution No. 1590/11/4, wherein he decided: “to [a]ppoint 145 Cf. Judgment entered by the Valparaíso Court-Martial on January 3, 1995 (Case No. 471 before the Naval Court in and for Magallanes, for the crime of contempt, record of appendixes to the complaint, volume V, folios 2168 to 2175). 146 Cf. Complaint appeal filed by Mr. Humberto Antonio Palamara-Iribarne’s defense counsel with the Chilean Supreme Court of Justice on January 9, 1995 (Entry No. 6448 before the Supreme Court, record of appendixes to the complaint, appendix 10, folio 2210). 147 Cf. Decision issued by the Chilean Supreme Court of Justice on July 20, 1995 (Case No. 6,448, record of appendixes to the complaint, appendix 10, folio 2221). 148 Cf. Resolution Nº 1590/11/4 issued by the Head of the A-2 Department of the Office of the Commander in Chief of the Third Naval Zone on March 2, 1993 (Case File on the Summary Administrative Investigation, record of appendixes to the complaint, volume II, appendix 8, folio 502). 149 Cf. Statement rendered by the Head of the A-2 Department of the Office of the Commander in Chief of the Third Naval Zone before the Administrative Naval Prosecutor (Case File on the Summary Administrative Investigation, record of appendixes to the complaint, volume II, appendix 8, folio 508).

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