Chile: Boric condemns murder of carabinieri and vows to “prosecute” those responsible

Chilean President Gabriel Boric condemned the death this Wednesday carabinieri after being attacked during an operation in Valparaiso and promised his family that his government would avenge justice and “prosecute” those responsible.

“I want to express my deepest condolences to the Carabinieri institution on the death of Sergeant Carlos Retamal Jacques, who was vilely and cowardly killed, and I want to tell them very clearly that we are not going to tolerate this,” said President Boric. .

Carabinieri Yesterday they reported the death of Sgt. Retamal Jacques after he did not survive a head injury he received last Sunday during an operation against illegal car racing in San Antonio, California. Valparaisoaccording to a Chilean newspaper Thirdly.

“Carabinieri, you can count on our full support,” stressed Boric, who also expressed his condolences to the relatives of Corporal Gaston Hermosilla Sáez, who died in an accident in Arauco while on duty.

borik described the attack on the sergeant broom check as “an unacceptable act of criminal violence” and warned “criminality” that the authorities would fight with a “hard hand” against those responsible for this “murder”.

“We tell them that we are not going to leave them alone, we will pursue them and we will do justice accordingly,” warned the President, who insisted that crimes or aggression against the Carabinieri are unacceptable after several agents were attacked in recent days.

“I saw with indignation how some relate to attributing the attack on our carabinieri. We saw this in a video of an event that happened in Puerto Montt, and I want to be very clear: we are not going to tolerate this kind of action. “, – stressed in connection with the case of six agents attacked in this city on Sunday.

Leaked documents exacerbate crisis in Chile

The hacker leak of more than 400,000 secret email messages from the Joint Chiefs of Staff and a new case of alleged corruption have sparked a new crisis in Chile and triggered resignations and prosecutions in the national army.

As reported this Friday, Chilean justice has ordered five retired generals to be prosecuted for their alleged involvement in repeated alleged crimes of embezzling public funds worth the equivalent of 455 million pesos (about $500,000).

Guest Court-Martial Minister Romy Rutherford, who is in charge of the Fraud in the Army case and many aspects of it, is investigating crimes allegedly committed between December 2007 and March 2018, prosecuting dozens of officers and former officers in the case . military department of Chile.

(According to Europa Press and AFP)