2023-04-26 06:22:35
An agent of the Carabineros de Chile shot a Venezuelan on Tuesday, causing his death. death during a confusing incident in an identification procedure in the city of Coquimbo, some 400 kilometers north of the capital. According to the version of the local press, the agent shot the individual in the chest, who had committed a traffic irregularity aboard a motorcycle, when he allegedly tried to evade control and flee the scene.
According to the media, citing sources from the aforementioned militarized police force, the Venezuelan citizen – who apparently would not have a visa and residence permit in the country – would have allegedly tried to run over the agent, who was riding a bicycle.
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The incident occurred around 7:00 p.m. in the English neighborhood of Coquimbo, and the victim received help from both the police officer and the emergency services, who could not save his life. The agent “saw imminent danger to his physical integrity, using his service weapon and firing a shot, which hit the motorist. The subject did not stop and one of the police officers used his service weapon, hitting this motorcycle driver “, explained General Juan Antonio Muñoz, Coquimbo Zone Chief, quoted by the conservative digital newspaper Emol.
The event occurs a few weeks after the Chilean Congress approved a controversial law, criticized by the UN, which grants security forces greater freedom of action in the use of regulatory weapons and reduces the assumption of responsibilities by eliminating the principle of proportionality and introducing the controversial concept of “privileged legitimate defense”. Also, a few days after the State Attorney General, Ángel Valencia, proposed issuing a preventive detention order for any foreigner who commits any crime in Chile and lacks regular documentation.
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