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Government reports more than 4,000 identity checks and 24 detainees after military deployment in the north of the country

Today marks exactly one week since the publication of the supreme decree that allows the deployment of the Armed Forces (FF.AA.) for cooperation in border control in the north of the country. In this sense, the Government delivered a balance regarding the implementation of the measure.

The information was delivered by the Undersecretary of the Interior, Manuel Monsalve, who indicated that in the regions where the military are deployed (Arica, Tarapacá and Antofagasta) “the number of armed forces has tripled compared to what it was decree 265”.

The Undersecretary of State reported that, so far, in the Arica region, 1,497 identity checks and four records have been registered. In Tarapacá the number of controls reaches 3,023 and 407 records.

Likewise, the Armed Forces have detained 23 people in Arica and one in Antofagasta. “In the rest of the controls, no misdemeanors or crimes have been detected,” Monsalve said.

It should be remembered that military personnel have the power to carry out identity checks, search luggage, clothing and vehicles. In addition to carrying out arrests if the situation warrants it. In this last case, the Armed Forces. they can take a person who is committing an offense or crime and make them available to the police.

On the other hand, Monsalve recalled that “within the framework of identity checks and also records, it is probable that crimes will be committed, these crimes have to be investigated by the Public Ministry and, therefore, we have agreed, to Based on a conversation I had yesterday with the National Prosecutor, to be able to complement the training that the Carabineros has given to the armed forces with training that we are going to agree on”.

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