Convicted DINA Torturer Krassnoff Sends Unrepentant Letter From Prison: 'Justice and Truth Don't Matter a Damn'

A letter written by Miguel Krassnoff Martchenko — a former DINA agent serving over 1,000 years across 80-plus convictions for crimes against humanity at Punta Peuco prison — was revealed September 7, 2026, after circulating publicly via the @PuntaPeucoHoy account on X. Addressed to Christian Democrat Senator Iván Flores, who had publicly opposed any pardon for him, the letter defended Krassnoff's 1973–1976 military service as counter-terrorism, denied ever receiving orders to violate human rights, rejected the 'imaginary brutalities' attributed to him, and asserted that Chile's crimes-against-humanity classification (codified in 2009) should not apply retroactively. Krassnoff wrote that he needed no 'pardons, mercies, favors' and claimed near-certainty of 'imminent total freedom' through ordinary application of existing law, adding that 'justice and truth today in Chile don't matter a damn.' Senator Flores responded that the letter showed someone 'not remorseful at all,' displaying 'arrogance' and 'indifference' toward victims, and said Krassnoff 'will have to serve his 1,000-year sentence.' The letter surfaced two days after the September 6 anti-pardon march and four days before the coup's 53rd anniversary, intensifying pressure on President Kast over the pending sentence-reduction bill (Boletín 17.999-07).