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Montevideo, May 15th 2025 - 21:35 UTC

Tag: Carabineros

  • Thursday, March 27th 2025 - 09:55 UTC

    Seven Chilean fishermen arrested in clash with carabineros

    Eight law enforcement officers were injured but are out of danger, General Espinoza said

    Seven people were arrested, and several law enforcement officers were injured Wednesday as artisanal fishermen in the Chilean region of Maule clashed with carabineros during a protest on Route 5 South near San Javier. The demonstrators blocked the highway to protest against the so-called Fracking Law bill, which was to be voted on in the Senate. All eight injured officers were reported to be out of immediate danger.

  • Sunday, April 28th 2024 - 13:37 UTC

    Chile in mourning after murder of 3 Carabineros officers

    Boric decreed three days of national mourning and pledged to capture those responsible

    Three non-commissioned officers of Chile's Carabineros Police were killed early Saturday in an ambush in the town of Cañete, near the city of Concepción, in the Bío Bío region some 500 kilometers south of Santiago. The crime, which is still under investigation, shocked the entire country. President Gabriel Boric Font promised it would not go unpunished and other officials even called for the reinstatement of the death penalty.

  • Friday, December 15th 2023 - 10:11 UTC

    Chile: Presidential pardonee arrested for kidnapping

    Boric had promised to assume the pardons responsibly

    A rioter who had been convicted for his involvement in the 2019 uprisings and later pardoned by Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font was arrested Thursday by Carabineros in Copiapó on kidnapping charges.

  • Friday, April 7th 2023 - 19:34 UTC

    Insecurity crisis in Chile: government gives police more power to use firearms

    Amnesty International, stated the law could “increase police abuse and impunity” and is a “enormous step back” in terms of advancing police reforms.

    Street crime and violence have triggered a major political crisis in Chile, because of rampant insecurity, and the third police officer in less than a month was killed on duty. The leftish/populist government of Chile has had to sign draconian laws favoring law enforcement officer's right to use their arms, increased penalties for crimes involving firearm possession, plus US$ 1,5 billion in funds to fight crime,

  • Friday, September 2nd 2022 - 19:25 UTC

    Gang brutally beats brother of Chilean President

    Simón Boric Font will remain hospitalized for the time being

    Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font's brother Simón was attacked by demonstrators Thursday at the University of Chile in Santiago's Alameda as he tried to prevent an ongoing case of looting, it was reported.

  • Thursday, November 4th 2021 - 09:55 UTC

    Two dead and three injured in a gun battle with Mapuche radical groups in southern Chile

    “I can confirm two deaths and three injured currently in hospital”, said Home Secretary Delgado from Government House La Moneda in Santiago

    Chilean Home Secretary Rodrigo Delgado confirmed on Wednesday the death of two members of the Mapuche community following a shoot out with Marines and Carabineros in the Biobío Region which is under an exceptional emergency state precisely because of continued acts of violence.

  • Wednesday, October 20th 2021 - 09:15 UTC

    Two dead, 450 arrested as looting marks 2nd anniversary of Chilean uprising

    Politicians from all across the board condemned the looting and violence. (Picture: Reuters)

    At least two people have died and no less than 450 others were arrested Monday in Santiago and other parts of Chile as demonstrators took to the streets to commemorate the second anniversary of the popular uprisings which led to a series of changes, including a Constitutional reform which is currently being drafted.

  • Friday, October 1st 2021 - 09:53 UTC

    Irregular migration and drug trafficking alongside Bolivia-Chile border keeps drawing concern

    Chile has ordered the deployment of additional Carabineros troops to watch out for undocumented migrants

    While Chile's presidential delegate at Tarapacá, Miguel Ángel Quezada, accused Bolivia on Thursday of “not making any effort” to prevent the crossing of irregular migrants through the common border, authorities from both countries have formed four working groups to coordinate the fight against drug trafficking.

  • Wednesday, September 8th 2021 - 08:45 UTC

    Chile's Piñera human rights policy condemned by Amnesty International during his European tour

    The Chilean president with the King of Spain, Felipe VI.

    Amnesty International has sent a letter to European leaders who Chilean president Sebastian Piñera is currently visiting expressing concern about the serious human rights violations and impunity that continue to put all people in Chile at risk. Piñera is currently visiting France, Spain, Italy, United Kingdom, and the Vatican.

  • Friday, August 6th 2021 - 21:59 UTC

    Shootout between Chilean police and members of indigenous communities

    Jorge Huenchullan, the local werken (leader and courier) who is on the run following a preventive prison order and for which he did not show up.

    A police raid in a Chilean indigenous community in Ercilla, Araucanía Region the stronghold of the Mapuche tribe went uncompleted and ended in a serious shootout between members of the Carabineros, Investigation Police and local residents.

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