Tag: Santiago’s Arturo Benitez airport robbery

• Thursday, August 14th 2014 - 06:19 UTC

  Santiago's security chief fires following the record “embarrassing” robbery

  

  Chile has fired the security chief of the country's main airport after an “embarrassing” robbery of more than 10 million dollars at the cargo terminal. Defense Minister Jorge Burgos said a probe had been launched into how eight armed men had managed to steal the money from a security van at the airport in the capital, Santiago.