2024-05-01 16:11:00
The president will be accompanied by the Minister of the Interior, Carolina Tohá, and the general director of Carabineros, Ricardo Yáñez, and announced three days of national mourning for the murder of the police officers.
President Gabriel Boric confirmed his trip to the Biobío Region in the company of various authorities, including the Minister of the Interior, Carolina Tohá, and the general director of Carabineros, Ricardo Yáñez, after the murder of three police officers in an ambush perpetrated south of the city of Cañete.
The fact became known after the bodies of two corporals and a sergeant of the police institution were found burned inside a patrol car on fire, at kilometer 25 of Route P72S.
In the early hours of this morning, President Boric described the event as “cowardly attack” and reported that “The police, Armed Forces and Government teams are already working at the scene“.
“I assure Chileans that There will be no impunity and we will find the whereabouts of the authors of this terrible crime.“, indicated the president through his social media accounts.
National duel
“This morning we received the serious and painful news of an attack in the province of Arauco in which three police officers were murdered. After an emergency meeting with ministers Carolina Tohá, Maya Fernández, undersecretaries Manuel Monsalve and Ricardo Montero, and the presidential delegate of Biobío, Daniela Dresdner, We coordinate immediate actions to respond to this cowardly attack“, published the head of state.
President Boric confirmed at the same time that “National Mourning was declared for three days throughout the country. Know, Carabineros de Chile, that you are not alone,” he concluded his message.
For her part, Minister Carolina Toha confirmed that once the murder of the three Carabineros troops was known, “she has immediately contacted General Yáñez, who has instructed that the most qualified teams be sent to the area to collaborate in the investigation,” said Tohá.
He added that contact was made with Admiral Óscar Manzano, head of the Second Naval Zone and Head of National Defense for the Provinces of Arauco and Bíobío, “so that the Armed Forces help in the deployment and establish controls, perimeters and all the necessary measures to provide security, but especially to find those responsible for this attack“.
“The President of the Republic has contacted these authorities and has taken several definitions. The first is that due to these deaths the country is going to have three days of National Mourning. The second thing is that All support will be provided to reinforce this investigation and find those responsible for this act.. And the third thing is that the painful coincidence of this attack with Carabinero Day forces us to change the way we commemorate this date, which is why the ceremony that was originally planned will not take place, and instead The president and the main authorities of the State are going to travel to the area so that there, close to the families of the victims and close to that community that is moved, we can commemorate this very important day.“concluded the Secretary of State.