Twelve arrested in Chile when trying to force their way into a Bad Bunny concert

Twelve people were arrested when a mob tried to force their way into the concert offered by the reggaeton player Puerto Rican singer Bad Bunny in Chile on Friday night, police said.

As happened at Daddy Yankee’s farewell concert on September 27 and 28, a group of people Without tickets, he tried to force his way into the recital that was taking place in the Santiago stadium.

In the first of the three concerts offered by Yankee in Santiago, more than 4,000 people managed to break in, according to authorities.

This time the security perimeter around the National Stadium was reinforced and police used water jets to disperse those seeking to enter without paying for their ticket.

The deployment “was carried out in general terms in complete normality”Juan Pablo Díaz, prefect of the Santiago Oriente Prefecture of the Carabineros police, told the press.

However, he added, “there were some incidents where at some point a group of people who were without tickets had the intention of carrying out a ‘blowout’, but that was prevented by the presence and action of Carabineros personnel”.

In total, he said, there were 12 detainees.

The event, the first of the concerts that Bad Bunny will offer in Chile, was attended by 55,000 people, the producer confirmed.

The second takes place this Saturday.