The month of December concludes in Santiago marked by at least three deaths occurred in the midst of interventions by the National Policefacts that have generated questions, community complaints and protests in ddifferent sectors of the city.
The most recent case is that of the young Miguel Ángel Miranda Flete23 years old, who died on the 29th December 2025 while receiving medical attention, after being injured by a gunshot to the head during a police intervention held on Thursday 25 December in the Peking sector, south of Santiago of the Knights.
The National Police reported that the agent involved was suspended from his duties and placed at the disposal of the Public Ministry. The law enforcement institution identified the agent involved in that case as Second Lieutenant Vicente Encarnación Jersin.
According to locals denouncedthe agents They arrived aggressively at the scene, removing chairs and throwing boxes of alcoholic beverage bottles on the ground. They indicated that Miranda Flete approached the uniformed officers to complain about the way they were acting, at which point one of the police officers shot her.
Another case in Villa Gonzalez
Another event that generated consternation occurred on the 7th December in the municipal district of El Limón, Villa Gonzalezwhere Miguel Santosknown as Papucho, died and at least seven people were injured after being run over by a truck from the National Police during the celebration after winning a sporting event.
Residents reported that the agents they arrived to the place to ask that the music volume be lowered and that, in circumstances not yet clarified, the official van ended up hitting several people.
Preliminarily, the Police described the event as a accident and reported that he opened a internal investigationwhose results have not been released.
After the event, dozens of residents They protested in front of the police stationwith burning tires and attacks with stones against the building, breaking glass doors and windows. Due to these events, several people were subjected to justice.
death in Cambodia
A third case occurred in the early hours of Friday, the 19th. December in the sector Cambodiain the northern part of Santiagowhere a police officer killed shot to Victor Alfonso Paredes24 years old, during the intervention of a sharing carried out by a group of people on public roads.
According to versions of witnessesthe young man was shocked by the projectile when those attending the meeting ran out upon noticing the arrival of the agents.
Worry
These three cases, which occurred in less than a month, have generated reviews to the use of the police force and the protocols used by uniformed personnel in community interventions.
