Carabineros made a balance of the incidents that occurred in parallel to the peaceful demonstrations, on the day of commemoration of the victims of the dictatorship after the 1973 coup d’état, in the communes of Santiago and Recoleta.
According to General Carlos González Gallegos, Chief of the West Santiago Zone, there are “two police officers injured as a result of the attack on one of the launcher cars,” adding that about eight premises were looted and are being registered, in addition to “two detained for the throwing of incendiary objects at Carabineros de Chile and a detainee under the anti-barricade law”.
The events were condemned by President Gabriel Boric, who pointed out that “if we want to move forward, it has to be in peace and without violence.”
The excesses occurred in the middle of the traditional pilgrimage to the General Cemetery called by different groups, 49 years after the coup. After his passage, in the Alameda and in the vicinity of Recoleta, incidents between Carabineros and hooded men were recorded, for which traffic was suspended and some subway stations closed.
“Democracy is built through dialogue, respecting those who think differently, and never with violence. I wish all those who claim this day would understand it and we would all understand it as a country. If we want to get ahead, and I have no doubt that it is the will of the great and overwhelming majority of Chileans, it has to be in peace and without violence; that is what we are going to do from the Government”, said the President from La Moneda.
