John Cobin

John Macarewich Cobin (born 10 March 1953)[1] is an American-Chilean economist and politician. He was arrested after opening fire at protesters during the Chilean social outburst of 2019 in Reñaca.[2]

John Cobin
Cobin in 2013
Born (1953-03-10) March 10, 1953
Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Nationality
  • American
  • Chilean
Political partyLibertarian (2006)
Criminal charge(s)Attempted homicide
Criminal penalty11 years of prison
Criminal statusIncarcerated
Children7
Parents
  • George Cobin (father)
  • Joan Audrey Tagliere (mother)
Websiteescapeamericanow.info

Biography

John Cobin was born to Joan Audrey Tagliere, a nurse from New York, and George Cobin, an athlete and mathematician from Santa Monica, California.[3] He had one sister, Gina Marie Cobin. His father passed away from cancer in April 1966.[4]

He studied at various educational institutes, including the Reformed Bible College,[5] the California State University, the University of California, and the George Mason University. In total he has a Ph.D. in Public Policy, an M.A. in economics, two M.A.'s in Business economics, and an A.R.E. in Liberal Arts and Religious Studies.[6]

He has resided in Chile since 1996.[2] The following year, he became an economics professor.[6]

In 2006, he ran for the South Carolina Congressional District as a member of the Libertarian party. He lost, only earning 4,467 votes, or 2.48% of the total count.

During this time period, he was accused of pushing and shoving his wife multiple times during an argument over the custody of their son, causing her to develop bruises.[7] He denied all accusations, but was ultimately arrested on charges of domestic violence.[2] However, all of the charges were dropped.[8]

In 2012, he, along with three other Americans, founded a libertarian compound in the Chilean mountainside, titled "Galt’s Gulch", named in honor of the fictional capitalist society represented in Ayn Rand’s novel, Atlas Shrugged.[8]

In 2013, he claimed that "there is no one more neoliberal than me in the country" in an interview with The Clinic.[9]

Up until 2015, he was an economics teacher at the Andrés Bello National University.[10]

On the 10th of November 2019, he opened fire on Chilean demonstrators in Reñaca, Chile, wounding Luis Jesús Ahumada Villegas, a 33-year old protester, in the leg.[11][12] After this, he recorded a YouTube video, confessing to the crime and claiming that he acted in "self-defense",[13] after which his channel was suspended due to breaking YouTube's community guidelines.[14] Due to this, he was convicted of attempted homicide and committing an unjustifiable shooting on public roads.[10] Even though he claimed his actions were based on self-defense, the court rejected said explanation, commenting that "the requirements of legitimate defense are not met".[15] He was sentenced to 11 years of jail time.[12]

In 2020, it was revealed that he tested positive for COVID-19.[16]

Electoral history
Main article: 2006 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina § District 4
South Carolina 2006 Midterm Elections[17]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bob Inglis 115,553 64.22
Democratic William Griffith 57,490 31.95
Libertarian John Cobin 4,467 2.48
Green C. Faye Walters 2,336 1.30
Write-in votes 85 0.05
Total 179,931 100.00

References
  1. "Ministerio público de viña del mar c. John Macarewich Cobin". Poder Judicial (in Spanish). p. 1. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
  2. Armus, Teo (2019-11-11). "A Californian economist loves neoliberalism. When Chileans started protesting it, he opened fire on them". The New York Times. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
  3. Cobin, Rachel (2014-06-04). "Inspired & Inspirited". Murmurs. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
  4. "George Cobin". Billion Graves. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
  5. "Alumni Directory: A to Z". Reformed. Archived from the original on 2000-09-18. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
  6. "Summary of Qualifications". Dr. John Cobin. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
  7. "Libertarian congressional candidate denies domestic violence charge". WIS News. 2006-11-06. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
  8. Bodzin, Steven (2014). "Libertarians Plan to Sit Out the Coming Collapse of America…in Chile". Mother Jones. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
  9. Pizarro, Claudio (2013-11-23). "John Cobin, el gringo que quiere "colonizar" Curacaví: "No hay una persona más neoliberal que yo en este país"". The Clinic (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-01-07.
  10. Cabeza, Pablo (2020-10-16). "John Cobin es hallado culpable de homicidio frustrado simple y otros 3 delitos". Página7 (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  11. "Fiscalía pide 17 años de cárcel para John Cobin ad portas de preparación de juicio oral". MSN Noticias (in Spanish). 2020-05-12. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
  12. "El tribunal de Viña del Mar condena a John Cobin a 11 años de prisión". Noticias Colchagua (in Spanish). 2020-10-25. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
  13. "John Cobin habla tras los disparos en su canal de Youtube". 2019-11-10 – via YouTube.
  14. "John Cobin: Gringo supremacista blanco se atribuyó disparos contra manifestantes en Reñaca en streaming por Youtube". The Clinic (in Spanish). 2019-11-10. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
  15. "Condenan por homicidio frustrado y otros delitos a autor de disparos en Reñaca durante manifestaciones". 24 Horas (in Spanish). 2020-10-16. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
  16. "El "pistolero de Reñaca" tendría coronavirus: tribunal pide antecedentes a Gendarmería". Publimetro (in Spanish). 2020-07-03. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
  17. "South Carolina 2006 Midterm Election". The Green Papers. 2006-06-26. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
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