translated from Spanish: Carabineros filed self-complaint over alleged use of caustic soda

On Monday, Carabineros filed a self-complaint before the Military Justice, after a report requested by the Health Resistance Movement (MSR) revealed the existence of pepper spray and caustic soda in the liquid used by the carts nza water of the uniformed police. As reported by El Mercurio, the institution’s Legal Ombudsman’s Department asked to “dispatch order to investigate to be crossed by carabineros’ OS9 Department so that, without prejudice to other measures, it will determine which Carabineros would have participated in the facts referred to in the report released.” In addition, among the steps requested is “to cite to declare the molecular chemistry Francisca Leiva, who provides services for laboratories and universities, and who would be the professional who performed the water analysis in an independent laboratory”. The self-report calls for Leiva’s account of “the entire background referred to in the report that she would have prepared”. It should be remembered that last week, carabineros Managing General Mario Rozas announced that his institution was already considering possible legal action in this area.

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