Gendarmería
Government announces reform to restructure gendarmería after corruption network
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President Gabriel Boric surprised by announcing a constitutional reform transferring Gendarmería's security functions to the Ministry of Public Security, in response to Operation Apocalipsis that detained 44 gendarmes for prison corruption. The measure separates inmate custody from social reintegration, which will go to a new body under Justice. Authorities emphasize it aims to fight organized crime and clean the institution.
A Gendarmería official was detained on December 31, 2025, for trying to smuggle drugs into the Valparaíso Prison Complex amid a corruption crisis in the institution. The agency dismissed him immediately and opened an administrative inquiry. This incident follows the recent formalization of 42 former gendarmes for bribery offenses in Operation Apocalipsis.
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Chile's Gendarmería suspended six officials, including the facility head, following the escape and recapture of an inmate from Colina II Penitentiary Center. National director Rubén Pérez blamed the incident on a chain of grave administrative failures. The prisoner was detained three days later in Lo Espejo.