[News] He owed 3 contributions, his house was auctioned and Leonidas Vial bought it: they ask businessman for clemency

[FNX Magokiler]

With a letter addressed to the businessman Leonidas Vial and his family, a woman from Cachagua in the Zapallar commune - Valparaíso region - seeks to recover her home sold by the Treasury, due to non-payment of contributions.

The house valued at more than 700 million was bought by the company La Viña S.A owned by said family, who only paid 400 million at the auction, where they were also the only bidders.

In the letter, Virginia Struthers expressly asks Leonidas Vial, his wife and 7 children, that he needs to recover his house that is located on Los Maitenes street, in the luxurious resort of Cachagua, precisely on Las Cujas Beach, one of the the favorites of those who visit the area.

The house was auctioned on August 6, 2019, after accumulating 3 installments of unpaid contributions (about 2 million pesos) and that he could not pay after the bankruptcy of his business. She would have been notified of the auction by a letter left on the wooden gate of her house, however, Struthers is unaware of having received it.

It was in September of this year, when the judicial receiver arrived accompanied by police officers and they proceeded to vacate the property.

With nothing else to do, the 63-year-old woman had to get what she could and with the help of some neighbors and friends, she moved her pets and belongings to a small cabin that she rented in the same town

 

 

From that day on, he began a crusade to recover what was his parents' house, bought in 1962 and inherited along with his other two sisters, who reside in Germany.

For this she appealed to the Supreme Court, paid the contributions owed, has attended meetings with the mayor and Ministers. They even offered $ 100,000 to Leonidas Vial to withdraw, however, he made a counter offer of $ 200,000, an amount unattainable for Struthers.

Now through a letter signed and endorsed by more than 200 neighbors, she will try to appeal to the feelings of the businessman.

"That deep down they realize the story behind what they consider a simple auction (...) after having paid 50-plus years of contributions, Where is the State?", Said the woman.

Raúl Arriagada, a neighbor and friend of Virginia Struthers, indicated that clearly in this case "there is a black hand." “For owing only three installments, which is less than 1% of the value. For us it is unheard of, it is not common for the Treasury to do so. It really seems more than suspicious to us, ”he added.

Currently Virginia Struthers lives with her pets in a small cabin that a neighbor in the sector rented her. She there she keeps part of the things she managed to get out before being evicted. From that place, she pointed out, she will continue to fight to regain her home.