translated from Spanish: General Bassaletti for attacks on Carabineros police stations: “They obey evidently concerted actions”

The head of eastern area of the Metropolitan region, General Enrique Bassaletti, referred to the attacks against the police stations, which include the last hours in Pudahuel, Puente Alto, Macul, Renca and Peñalolén.Until now these hech 17 have been left involved in detention. “It is clear that these situations that are being more recurrent are due to obviously concerted actions. Yesterday, at different points in the Metropolitan region simultaneously, demonstrations were being generated, I mean no demonstrations, but criminal acts of groups of people organizing to go and attack police barracks,” he replied. Although he replied that “we don’t have the evidence to still be able to point it out categorically (…) These are situations that affect not only Carabineros, they also affect people,” he replied. He also insisted that “we will always come to the same thing, human rights violations, misdemeanours and even crimes that may be committed by state agents are to be individually held accountable, it is not the responsibility of an institution in this case (…) That doesn’t justify people’s reaction to attacking these institutions,” he concluded.

Original source in Spanish