After exhausting all administrative instances, the Government carried out the eviction of the seizure of public land in the Alto Costa Laguna sector, in Antofagasta.
The procedure had the participation of the Presidential Delegation of the region, and the Ministry of National Assets. However, three people who lived in the area confronted the Carabineros, for which they ended up in custody.
The dismantled “megatoma” includes a series of parcels of different sizes that belong to the treasury and were illegally sold by third parties. The irregularly built houses were made of multiple light materials, and were demolished by heavy machinery that was destined for the area.
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The operation carried out occurred after the regular channel of notifications and inspections at the site was followed, the corresponding abandonment of the intake by the inhabitants of the intake.
After a helicopter overflight to supervise the eviction work, the head of National Assets, Javiara Bullpointed out that “we are working with the Prosecutor’s Office, both here and in other regions of the north of the country, to fundamentally persecute those who take advantage of the need for people’s dreams and that is absolutely unacceptable. No one can profit, scam, take advantage of the housing need”.
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The Presidential Delegate of Antofagasta, karen berehns, explained that another illegally occupied land has not yet been evicted because it is in process in the Court of Appeals. “There is another camp near that place, popularly called Bahía Méndez, and it also has resources pending protection, therefore, that is the reason,” the authority said.
A complaint received by the Carabineros after the police action indicates that the land was sold to the people who lived in the take for amounts ranging between 600,000 and one million pesos. Neighbors in the area had filed nearly 500 complaints for criminal activity in the area.
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