An intense police operation took place early this Wednesday morning in Coyhaique, all of this after an alert was given through a call to Carabineros regarding a new kidnapping in the regional capital.
According to the victim’s testimony, he was approached at the intersection of Los Arrayanes and Los Álamos streets, near three educational facilities, where they took control of his car, and then began a criminal tour in which money was stolen from him. cash and also tried to withdraw money from their bank cards.
Mayor Gerardo González // Commissioner of the First Police Station of Coyhaique
The man, in the middle of an argument with the kidnappers, manages to flee and notify the Carabineros. Minutes later and based on information provided by a relative of the victim, he was provided with information on the address of one of the alleged suspects involved in the incident, where they were finally found while they were hiding in a room of said home.
Mayor Gerardo González // Commissioner of the First Police Station of Coyhaique
After these events, and in the premises of the first police station in Coyhaique, a second victim arrives, an Uber driver who reported having been violated and having had his vehicle stolen while working, the same one that was used by the criminals to commit the crime. kidnapping hours later.
Mayor Gerardo González // Commissioner of the First Police Station of Coyhaique
At the hearing held today in the Guarantee Court, Judge Mario Devaud declared the detention legal, despite the incidents expressed by the detainees’ defense counsel. In addition, the prosecutor’s office requested proceedings so that they can formalize the investigation within the next 48 hours.
María Inés Nuñez // Prosecutor
It should be noted that the weapons and the knife with which they carried out the intimidation have not yet been found and, that is why, new raids were carried out this day to find them.
The four defendants have more than 50 previous arrests by the Carabineros and one of them has a current arrest warrant, for the beginning of serving a sentence.
