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Montevideo, October 28th 2025 - 02:49 UTC

Tag: Ángel Valencia

  • Friday, October 3rd 2025 - 10:00 UTC

    Chief prosecutor of Chile's new special unit appointed

    The FST targets the core of criminal prosecution, Valencia has said

    Chile's Chief Prosecutor Ángel Valencia has appointed Miguel Ángel Orellana as the first head of the new Supraterritorial Prosecutor's Office (FST) created specifically to combat organized crime and highly complex transnational cases. Until now, Orellana served as chief prosecutor for High-Complexity Cases at the Eastern Metropolitan Regional Prosecutor's Office.

  • Thursday, July 24th 2025 - 20:56 UTC

    Chilean Chief Prosecutor admits crime outpaced institutions

    “The entire institutional framework has to change or be reviewed in light of this new criminal phenomenon,” Valencia said

    Chilean Chief Prosecutor Ángel Valencia reckoned Thursday that authorities in his country were grappling against transnational crime networks engaging in activities like drug trafficking, migrant smuggling, and sexual exploitation, which marks a significant shift from previous criminal activity and poses new challenges.