Clashes with police mark protest on anniversary of social outbreak in Chile

Around 200 people demonstrated this Wednesday afternoon in the center of Santiago as part of the fourth anniversary of the social crisis, the biggest wave of protests since the return to democracy in Pepperin a protest marked by clashes with the police that left at least 20 people detained, according to Carabiniers.

“There were disturbances of public order and in all of them he intervened Carabiniers to get it back“said the Under-Secretary of the Interior, Manuel Monsalveat a press conference called this evening.

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While awaiting the final balance of detainees and injured that the Chilean police will hand over tomorrow, Monsalve reported that, in Metropolitan regionthree Carabineros officers suffered “minor injuries“, while two other adult men were also injured, one”by a stone” and another “for a fall”. Furthermore, a minor – aged 15 – was run over by a person who “driving under the influence of alcohol“, reported the authority.

“So far, the minor has injuries, but would be fine.“, noted the director of Order and Security of the Carabineros, Enrique Monraswho also reported looting during the protests, which were less crowded than last year, he said.

Another notable event on the day of mobilizations occurred during the afternoon, when a police officer who was being stoned by a group of people during demonstrations in the center of the capital, according to the local press, fired his firearm into the air, without causing any damage. damage or injury.

The social uprising, which began in October 2019 as a protest against the increase in subway ticket prices, left episodes of extreme violence, with looting, fires and police complaints. UN It is Amnesty International against the Carabineros police force for human rights violations.

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During the mobilization period, around thirty deaths and thousands of injuries were recorded, including many with eye injuries caused by projectiles or pellets.

Furthermore, the public ministry initiated more than 8,500 cases for crimes of institutional violence that occurred in the context of demonstrations, between October 2019 and March 2020.

The protests were channeled through political means with the opening of a constituent process in which the country is still immersed. After the failure of a first attempt to draft a new Constitution in September 2022, the country will decide in December whether to support a second Magna Carta proposal prepared by a body controlled by the extreme right.

Source: Elcomercio

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