Three non-commissioned officers of Chile s Carabineros Police were killed early Saturday in an ambush in the town of Cañete, near the city of Concepción, in the Bío Bío region some 500 kilometers south of Santiago. The crime, which is still under investigation, shocked the entire country. President Gabriel Boric Font promised it would not go unpunished and other officials even called for the reinstatement of the death penalty.
Chilean authorities in the Biobío region announced Thursday the arrest of at least 11 leaders of the Mapuche Lafkenche Resistance (RML), a radical group behind numerous attacks in the south of the country as a result of the territorial dispute between the state, indigenous groups and forestry companies that exploit lands considered ancestral by the indigenous people.
Santiago, Feb 9 (EFE).- A week after the start of wildfires in central and southern Chile that have left 24 people dead and devastated more than 300,000 hectares (741,000 acres), the government presented Thursday a package of measures to aid those who have lost homes, farms and businesses. Authorities intend to “respond as soon as …