When those indictments were issued, no one could have predicted how events would unfold; in retrospect, it is evident that the indictments’ delegitimizing effects had important consequences.
Cuando se dictaron esas acusaciones, nadie habría podido prever cómo evolucionarían los acontecimientos; retrospectivamente, es evidente que los efectos deslegitimadores de las inculpaciones tuvieron consecuencias importantes.