Three Venezuelan migrants They died inside a container in Chile from carbon monoxide inhalation from a stove they lit to combat the cold.
The authorities found their bodies in the sector of the bypass of Route 160 of Coronel, in the vicinity of the Jail for Minors, belonging to the province of Concepción, in the Biobío region.
The victims are two women and one man, all of legal age, who were homeless. The women were 19 and 21 years old, while the man was around 40.
According to the police report, a person gave notice of the situation to the authorities at 7:30 p.m. this Friday, so they moved to the site, the local media reported. He was.
Likewise, the sources indicated that the Venezuelans had been living in the place for around five months, where they worked cutting firewood to later sell it. Also, they cared for and washed the cars of those who arrived in that area.
Police hypothesis for the death of these Venezuelan migrants in Chile
The prosecutor’s office on duty appointed members of the Homicide Brigade and the Criminalistics Laboratory of the PDI to carry out the expert reports to determine what happened. Preliminary results showed that there were no signs of third party intervention at the scene.
The police hypothesis indicates that the migrants died of carbon monoxide poisoning as a result of the combustion of a brazier that was found in the area.
As indicated, the object was used to combat the cold and rain of recent days. Despite this, the causes of death will be confirmed following the autopsy carried out by the Legal Medical Service.