The killing of three paramilitary police officers Carabineros It engulfed the community in the country's mid-south region, Bio Bio, early this Saturday, the anniversary of the company Chile Shocked and deeply disturbed.
President Gabriel Boric, upon hearing the news, assembled his crisis cabinet, publicly condemned the attack, traveled to the site 600 kilometers south of the capital, accompanied by delegations from the three powers of the state, and called for political unity to confront the situation.
“Now there should be no left or right, ruling party or opposition party. Chili “To be total, to enforce justice as a single fist, as a single force, to ensure no impunity, to take down these gangs and make them pay for their crimes wherever they are,” the president said at the funeral, after declaring a service for the dead and three days of national mourning.
The attack against the Control of Public Order (COP) officers at the Los Alamos police station took place around 1:30 a.m. (6:30 GMT) when a group of armed men opened fire on a police patrol before setting fire to a vehicle. Inside with them. A sergeant and two corporals were burned to death.
“It's about working together as one force to do justice,” Boric reiterated in his X account this afternoon.
“This is not the time to weaken the Carabineros”
A collection of political powers that make up Parliament ChileFrom the far right to the Communist Party, many reacted and condemned the attack, which coincided with the day. Carabiner –On April 27th regarding the 97th corporate anniversary.
All commemorations planned for the day were suspended, and spontaneously, hundreds of people demonstrated in the center of Santiago in support of the police.
Amid the uproar, the debate reopened as to whether it was time for a director-general CarabinerosRicardo Yáñez resigned after the prosecutor's office accused him of avoiding illegal coercion that resulted in serious injuries and killings during the 2019 protests.
Although the government announced this week that under pressure from a section of the ruling party, the police chief would step down before formalization (the judge's impeachment) was scheduled for May 7, many officials on Saturday questioned the possibility.
In response to the harsh attacks and the opposition's insistence that the director stay in office, Poric pointed out that “we are all necessary in this, as is General Yanez.” Earlier, Interior Minister Carolina Doha had assured that “now is not the time to be weak”. Carabineros“.
Security measures should be increased in the area
After the killing of three police officers at once, unprecedented in recent times ChiliMany political officials demanded that the government take serious conservation measures in the conflict-hit area, which involves tribal people, state and big landowners, and forest traders who exploit lands and forests considered ancestral by tribal communities.
A state of emergency has been in place since May 2022 in La Araucania and part of the Bio Bío region, including the sector where the attack took place, in an attempt to curb attacks by armed groups, often involving arson.
Rodrigo Díaz, governor of Bayo Bayo, called for the reinstatement of the death penalty for those who kill police officers, while the traditional right demanded the urgent passage of pending bills on security matters.
Most of these proposals were raised amid another crisis unleashed a year ago by the murder of three other agents, in the midst of their work and within 21 days.
Chili Over the years, it has been going through a security crisis that has become a major concern of citizens today and is linked to a decades-long unresolved conflict situation in the central-southern part of the country.
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