Chilean government denies Hezbollah presence in the north of the country

The Chilean Minister of the Interior, Carolina Tohácategorically denied that there is a presence of the Lebanese Shiite group Hezbollah in Peppera country that is home to a large community of Palestinians, of Christian and Sunni Muslim faiths.

“I want to say, so that the population can have peace of mind, that our police and intelligence systems are always alert on this matter. They are always watching any movement, any story. and in this moment Pepper There are no threats of attacks Hezbollah“said Tohá.

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“It is not a situation that we are facing at the moment and, without prejudice to that, we are always monitoring any movement of people who have links to these groups or who carry out some type of activity in Pepper”added the minister.

Toha pointed out that “When an authority has a suspicion or history of sensitive issues in this matter, the channel for making these observations is through the collaboration of intelligence and police collaboration. It is not through the media that questions of intelligence”he pointed out.

The statements of Toha They are related to a complaint presented by the Argentine Minister of Security, Patricia Bullrichwhich international experts in security and secret services consulted by EFE consider a “farce”.

In an interview with an Argentine channel, Bullrich assured that “at the last moment” Hezbollah was detected in Iquiquebeyond the triple border between Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina. “Last year, two people from Hezbollah in the city of São Paulo”he added.

“Consequently, we have a situation on the continent. Then we have Venezuela, which is also an ally of Willwith which we have a very delicate situation on the continent”, he stressed.

Source: Elcomercio

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