Tag: Carabineros

• Friday, November 20th 2020 - 09:00 UTC

  Chile's top cop resigns following the shooting of two minors by security forces

  

  Chile's police chief resigned on Thursday after officers shot two minors in an incident that sparked outrage across a country already alarmed at heavy-handed security force tactics during months of social protests.

• Monday, October 5th 2020 - 09:32 UTC

  Authorities in Chile arrest officer who allegedly threw teen ager from a bridge

  

  Authorities in Chile have arrested a police officer who allegedly threw a teen-ager from a bridge into a river bed during a protest.

• Thursday, July 16th 2020 - 09:30 UTC

  Chilean police train dogs to detect people infected with coronavirus

  

  Police in Chile is training dogs to detect people that may be infected with the coronavirus by sniffing their sweat. The dogs - three golden retrievers and a labrador - are between the ages of four and five. Until now, they have been used to sniff out illicit drugs, explosives and lost people, police say.

• Saturday, January 25th 2020 - 09:22 UTC

  First trail in Chile over eye injuries to protestor by Carabineros firing buckshot

  

  A Chilean police officer appeared in court on Friday in the first instance of prosecutors bringing charges over eye injuries blamed on security forces during Chile's months of unrest.

• Thursday, November 28th 2019 - 09:55 UTC

  Congress urges Piñera to use the “constitutional tools” to quell the violence. Chilean Peso plummets to new low

  

  Chilean lawmakers agreed late on Wednesday to fast-track reforms to beef up security, warning that a resurgence in violence and vandalism was threatening to derail the country’s 30-year-old democracy.

• Friday, November 15th 2019 - 09:58 UTC

  Chile's Thursday demonstrations recalled the anniversary of the death of a Mapuche leader by police

  

  Demonstrators gathered in Chile's public squares on Thursday for another round of protests, which have paralysed daily life for almost a month. This time protests were pegged to the anniversary of a young indigenous man Mapuche, who was shot dead by police in circumstances that are still under investigation. At least 24 people have died and thousands injured in clashes between protesters and police.

• Wednesday, December 26th 2018 - 22:44 UTC

  Chile: Piñera needs constitutional reforms to change procedure for removal of Carabineros chief

  

  Chilean President Sebastián Piñera Wednesday morning announced he would seek a constitutional reform before Congress to bring to an end the “founded decree” mechanism to remove Carabineros' director generals after last week's dismussal of General Hermes Soto.

• Thursday, December 13th 2018 - 12:32 UTC

  Former carabineros Sgt admits he was ordered to lie in Catrillanca case probe

  

  Former Carabineros Sergeant Carlos Alarcón told prosecutors that he and his fellow servicemen were coached to hide the truth from investigators in the death of Mapuche leader Camilo Catrillanca Marín on November 14 in La Araucania, it was reported Tuesday.

• Monday, December 10th 2018 - 10:21 UTC

  Chilean President Piñera pulls Jungle Commando out of Araucania

  

  Chile's President Sebastián Piñera Saturday announced the Carabineros' élite GOPE squad, commonly referred to as “Jungle Commando,” will be withdrawn from the Araucania region, but warned that security in the area will be reinforced nonetheless.

• Wednesday, November 28th 2018 - 13:31 UTC

  Chile's carabineros freeze Jungle Commando training in Colombia

  

  Carabineros Director General Hermes Soto Monday admitted his force would freeze the Jungle Commando training programme in Colombia. “We have no plans to continue sending people to train there,” he said.