2024-07-13 17:42:34
The incident occurred during a session in which allegations of links to drug trafficking by councillor Carolina Mena were being debated.
This afternoon, Channel 13 regretted the “unusual passivity” of the municipal authorities of Lo Espejo, in the face of the attack suffered by a Teletrece team that was covering the municipal council.
The attack on the channel’s press staff It happened in the presence of the mayor, Javiera Reyesas well as councillors and security guards.
The incident occurred during the session in which the accusations of links to drug trafficking by councillor Carolina Mena.
In this context, A man entered the room and began to berate the Canal 13 news team..
Without anyone intervening to prevent it, The individual approached the professionals from the press while scolding them.
“¿Who authorized them to upload my brother’s video?“We never saw those videos and you, by interviewing the councilor (Medina), made our lives dirty again. You do not understand the pain that we feel as a family,” he said. moment to throw several slaps at the cameraman who was recording the council session.
In the face of the passivity of the attendees, the man then He grabbed a technical piece of equipment from the team and threw it to the ground.
Later, along with condemning the attack, Interior Minister Carolina Tohá confirmed that The aggressor was arrested by Carabineros personnel.
Channel 13 rejects the attack on its professionals
Following the attack on his press team, Channel 13 rejected the factas well as the threats suffered by professionals.
In addition, the television station regretted “the unusual passivity and fear of the authorities, including the mayor, councilors and security guards, in the face of aggression, insults and cowardly threats from a person to one of our teams“.
“We hope to have the unrestricted support of the authorities in this regard. This type of events only seek to intimidate journalistic work“, added the statement delivered by Channel 13.
Finally, they said that “we are emphatic in pointing out that Teletrece will continue to denounce incessantly any link to politics, drug trafficking and crime“.
See below How Channel 13 reported the violent attack that their professionals suffered.