2024-08-17 06:02:54
The Minister of the Interior expressed her concern regarding the attack on a soldier whose rifle was stolen in the border commune.
The Minister of the Interior, Carolina Toha, addressed the attack suffered by a official of the Chilean Army by two men in the commune of Colchane, who stole his rifle while he was carrying out surveillance work on the border with Bolivia.
In this context, the Secretary of State expressed her concern about this, “because the possibility of people entering irregularly through the border The possibility of attacking officials has always been in the realm of possibilities. with which this intervention was planned.”
To which he added: “In fact, that is the reason why This type of military presence has had rules for the use of force from the beginning, to regulate the way in which officials must act when facing an attack, or the commission of a crime, by the people under their control.”
The government pointed out that “there should not be officials alone on patrol”
Along these lines, Carolina Tohá emphasized that possibly the “Military presence has not been adequate“. The above, pointing out that “There should not be single officers patrolling and checkpoints. We have to verify whether this soldier was actually alone. If so, we would have to assess the reason for this happening.”
For this reason, the Minister of the Interior said that an investigation was ordered to clarify the reasons why the soldier was not accompanied during border surveillance.
“No official should individually face their presence in areas that have very hostile characteristics. on the border. Very lonely, dark, with a very adverse climate. It is not advisable for officials to be alone,” he said.
On the other hand, Tohá referred to a possible increase in the migrant population and said that “There is a whole reinforcement of the military presence on the border in development, which had been going on for a while. of recent concern about the possibility that there may be an increase in irregular migration flows. This has been going on since April and includes the presence of more military devices, officials and the purchase of vehicles“.
In this regard, he stressed that “the reinforcement has been in development since before, regardless of the incident that occurred in Colchane,” hill.