translated from Spanish: Government said Carabineros beating slams on older adults “occurs against a backdrop of serious acts of violence”

Interior Minister Gonzalo Blumel referred to Carabineros’ beating of a detainee for assaulting a uniform, and said the case originated “in a set of acts of violence.” The secretary of state said that in the officer’s reaction there was an “excessive use of force”, but that the fact occurred in the midst of a police procedure in which a man-made assault on a FF.EE. , a fact Blumel called “intolerable.” “This situation occurs against a backdrop of serious acts of violence,” said Blumel, who also noted the internal investigation initiated by Carabineros and that the history of the case, including the recordings of the time, were handed over to the Prosecutor’s Office.El Secretary of State further indicated that the government asked Carabineros to resolve the inquiry expeditiously. Blumel also called for an end to violence and said the government is “committed to regaining public order with full respect for DDs. Hh.”. On the government’s support for Carabineros’ deputy general Mario Rozas, the interior minister said the support is “not to people but to the institution as a whole.”

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