The Aragua Train keeps Carabineros in a state of alert in the extreme north of the country. And it is that the mega criminal gang of Venezuelan origin would seek to prove its gallantry before the Chilean uniformed police, which was notified, through intelligence information, of an imminent attack on the Chuño hill, in the region.
And it was in this last place, precisely on July 16, that a faction of this organization called “Galician”the operational arm of the Tren de Aragua, which has a dozen members behind bars following being charged with crimes ranging from drug trafficking, to kidnapping, to trafficking in immigrants for the purpose of sexual exploitation, to association illicit
This is how through the internal electronic document Nº104837323 Carabineros de la 4ta. The Chacalluta police station alerted the region’s police command that The Aragua Train was organizing an operation for this Saturday, July 30, that sought to attack police officers stationed near the Chuño hill in the Arica commune..
“Given the information provided by the OS9 Arica section and in response to the order to investigate that is maintained once morest the individuals that make up the criminal gang called ‘Tren de Aragua’, as well as the information provided by an undercover agent who states that between now and Saturday 07.30.2022 said individuals will carry out an ‘attack’ once morest Carabineros on Cerro Chuño, with the purpose of demonstrating force and attacking personnel of the institution”says the document.
In addition, in the same part it was stated that “it has been deemed pertinent as of this moment that all the police services developed in the Cerro Chuño sector be suspended.” Officials are also advised of the instructions to wear bulletproof vests, ballistic helmets, maximize security measures in the barracks through guard services.
The same document even asks the officers to instruct the measures taken in the face of a possible attack so that the “external vigilantes” of the police units increase security by carrying out supervision and control.
And that’s not all. The situation is so delicate that they were also advised that “in order to maximize security measures in travel from this date, the personnel of these dependencies must make their transfers to and from to their domiciles of civil custody preferablyhaving to make the notification in writing of the aforementioned point, which will be verified by the chief officer.
“Los Gallegos” have recently been on the news agenda as a result of the request from the Chilean Gendarmerie to transfer the inmates serving their preventive detention in the Acha prison to other prisons in the country in the cities of Rancagua and La Serena, which was denied by the Guarantee Court of Arica.
From Police confirmed the situation described to the Investigation Unit of Radio Bío Bío. However, Lieutenant Colonel Alexie Chamblas is emphatic in clarifying that “We are never going to withdraw from a territory that has been identified as critical”.
Next, the lieutenant highlights that “the institution, Carabineros de Chile, as well as the Arica Prefecture itself, has been constantly reformulating its services hand in hand with the community (…) Crime is transformed, so are we”.
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