This Thursday afternoon, the President Gabriel Boric referred to the arrest of 13 police officers who are being investigated for their alleged responsibility in the crimes of bribery, falsification of public instrument, illegitimate coercion, theft, trafficking and illegal detention.
“They must be investigated by civil justice and if the crimes are proven, convicted. In Chile no one is above the law“, stated the President regarding the officials involved, through an account in X.
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This, after it was revealed that the former officials, who were discharged by the institution, had been involved with street merchants, people with criminal records and drug traffickers in the Meiggs neighborhoodto whom they would have received money in exchange for protection.
The head of the police institution joined the words of President Boric, Ricardo Yanezwho condemned the reported events and reminded his subordinates that their commitment must be to provide greater security to the community.
In that sense, the police authority indicated that “to achieve that objective, we start from our institution, strengthening internal controls because We will not leave room for criminals to infiltrate” to commit crimes with the Carabineros uniform.
Finally, it is worth mentioning that after the arrest, The 13 ex-carabineros will become stop control during this Friday, May 24 for the crimes of bribery, falsification of public instruments and drug trafficking.
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