translated from Spanish: More than 200 cases of eye mutilation Mario Rozas announces suspension of riot lines

The general director of Carabineros, Mario Rozas, announced on this day that the institution will suspend the use of Balines as riot tools. This decision comes right after the controversy that triggered the study conducted by the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Faculty of Physical and Mathematics Sciences of the University of Chile, which showed that the pellets would be composed of 20% 80% of other three compounds: silica, barium sulfate and lead, and not rubber as they have secured from the uniformed entity.
However, Rozas argued that this tool “can only be used just like firearms as an extreme and exclusive measure for self-defense when there is an imminent danger of death” and that “the detention of the use of the balinese will be maintained until study results requested from external laboratories in Chile and abroad.”
According to La Tercera, from Interior indicated that Minister Gonzalo Blumel and Undersecretary Rodrigo Ubilla, met on Tuesday with Rozas after all the backgrounds that have been gathered regarding the composition of the pellets.
The determination came after five Courts of Appeals (Rancagua, Concepción, Antofagasta, La Serena and Valparaiso) issued an order not to innovate by instructing Carabineros not to use this type of ammunition against the protesters.

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