Carabineros
Arrau visits injured Carabineros and announces urgency for police protection bills
An Ruwaito ta hanyar AI Hoton da AI ya samar
Security Minister Martín Arrau visited two Carabineros officers hospitalized with serious injuries sustained on duty this Sunday. During the visit he reiterated the government's support for police forces and announced that urgency will be given this week to two bills.
A woman was detained in Valparaíso on Saturday after trying to run over two Carabineros during a vehicle inspection.
An Ruwaito ta hanyar AI
A Peruvian national was detained as the alleged perpetrator of a fire that affected a five-story building in central Santiago early Sunday morning.
Santiago's 7th Guarantee Court ordered preventive prison for Ángel Cerna Rojas, former Carabineros cabo, charged with drunk driving that killed María Alejandra Flores Rodríguez, a 20-year-old Colombian, in a downtown crash. Seven officers were dismissed after fleeing without aiding the victim. The incident happened after 3:00 a.m. on Friday at Tarapacá and San Francisco intersection.
An Ruwaito ta hanyar AI
Chile's Public Security Minister Trinidad Steinert and Undersecretary Andrés Jouannet missed a key Senate Finance Commission session on modernizing Carabineros, forcing its suspension. The incident drew criticism from both opposition and government lawmakers. A Segpres minister apologized for the coordination failure instead.
At sergeant Javier Figueroa's funeral in Puerto Varas, Carabineros posthumously promoted him to suboficial mayor and named a commissary after him. President José Antonio Kast attended and urged support for the institution. The officer died after being shot on March 11.
An Ruwaito ta hanyar AI
Disorders erupted Monday afternoon in Santiago's Barrio Meiggs as street vendors knocked down a perimeter fence during a municipal seizure of illegal cigarettes. Police contained the unrest and detained one person.
Prosecutors detain three suspects in killing of 12-year-old boy in San Bernardo
June 20, 2026 04:3464-year-old man detained for animal abuse in Curacautín
June 06, 2026 06:47Drunk driver detained after multiple collision in San Joaquín
May 26, 2026 16:33Santiago metro security guard injured in fight at Pedro de Valdivia station
May 17, 2026 14:56Formalization of three ex-carabineros and 12 civilians extended to monday in curanilahue
April 12, 2026 13:30Search continues for 66-year-old man in Villarrica National Park
April 12, 2026 12:21San Nicolás school in Villa Alemana suspends classes over shooting threat
April 04, 2026 01:42Carabineros reports three fatalities and 65 drunk driving arrests during Easter
April 03, 2026 21:35Carabineros reports two deaths in initial Easter weekend balance
March 26, 2026 08:10Antihuen brothers receive life sentences for triple carabineros murder