SANTIAGO – Former Carabineros Sergeant Carlos Alarcón told prosecutors that he and his fellow servicemen were coached to hide the truth from investigators in the death of Mapuche leader Camilo Catrillanca Marín on November 14 […]
SANTIAGO – Four former police officers in Chile have been arrested over the fatal shooting of a young indigenous man in the restive southern region of Araucanía that led to massive protests across the South […]
SANTIAGO – Carabineros Director General Hermes Soto Monday said his force would freeze the Jungle Commando training programme in Colombia. “We have no plans to continue sending people to train there,” he said. This training […]
SANTIAGO – President Sebastian Pinera has assured that justice would be served following a controversial police raid that last week ended in the shooting death of an indigenous Mapuche man in the restive Araucania region […]
SANTIAGO – Chile’s President Sebastián Piñera on Thursday presented a team of armored vehicles, unmanned aerial systems and short-range thermal chambers while announcing the creation of a special Carabineros force to fight more effectively the […]
SANTIAGO – Several of the Mapuche community members of southern Chile who were acquitted after the closing of the so-called “Operation Hurricane”, in which they were accused of carrying out various arson attacks based on evidence […]
SANTIAGO – Pope Francis ordered his convoy to stop on Thursday after a mounted police officer was thrown from her horse as he passed behind her in the Chilean city of Iquique. Footage shows the […]
SANTIAGO – Pope Francis kicked off the 22nd trip abroad of his papacy after arriving in Chilean capital Santiago late on Monday. The Argentine pontiff was greeted by outgoing President Michelle Bachelet and thousands of […]
SANTIAGO – A former top police officer has been summoned for questioning in a multimillion-dollar fraud scandal that unfolded within Chile’s national police force, known as the Carabineros, last year. On March 1, the Public […]
SANTIAGO – The National Director of Order and Security of Carabineros, Inspector General Víctor Herrera, confirmed during his visit to Valdivia the realization of special police services for about 230 activities for the new year […]
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