Santiago.- The minister spokesperson for the Government of Chile, Camila Vallejo, stated this Monday that the Executive requested “additional reinforcement” from the Armed Forces to “cover risk areas” in the south of the country, including the area where three were murdered on Saturday. police in a fact that no group has claimed.
In addition, the Secretary of State emphasized that the Government has provided “legal tools” to “condemn the offenders of this brutal crime with the maximum penalties.”
“We are talking regarding qualified life imprisonment. We do not hesitate to use the most effective weapons and tools so that there is justice and no impunity,” said the minister.
“We need to tighten the measures. For this, not only is the united action of the different powers of the State in the area sufficient, but also updating our legislation, such as the intelligence law, having a Ministry of Public Security with exclusive dedication; “We need a new rule for the use of force and a new anti-terrorist law,” he said.
On Sunday, the Government announced the presentation of a criminal complaint once morest all those found responsible, contemplating the crimes of homicide once morest Carabineros, violation of the Weapons Law and for belonging to a criminal organization.
The attack once morest the three Public Order Control (COP) officials from the Los Álamos police station occurred in the town of Cañete, 600 kilometers south of the capital, in the Biobío region, when a group of armed men shot at the police patrol, before setting fire to the vehicle with them inside.
The police officers were found burned inside a police patrol on a route in the town of Cañete, near the city of Concepción.
The deceased were identified as Carlos José Cisterna Navarro, Misael Magdiel Vidal Cid and Sergio Antonio Arévalo Lobo, who were found dead by Firefighters volunteers.
President Gabriel Boric, who as soon as he heard the news, gathered his crisis cabinet and publicly condemned the attack, headed to the place, more than 600 kilometers south of the capital, accompanied by a delegation of representatives of the three powers of the State, and called for political unity to face the situation.
The regions of Bio Bío and La Araucanía have been, for decades, the scene of a conflict that involves indigenous peoples, the State and large landowners and forestry businessmen who exploit lands and forests considered ancestral by indigenous communities.
Since May 2022, the areas affected by the conflict have been under a state of emergency, in an attempt to control attacks by armed groups, mostly incendiary sabotage.
In the area there has also been a significant growth in organized crime and the presence of Private Military Security Companies in the last two years, which have complicated the security situation and the conflict itself. EFE/Infobae
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2024-05-05 06:59:35
