translated from Spanish: Demonstrations and barricades were recorded in three sectors of MRI: police investigate the death of a young man in Melipilla

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“While there was unrest in a supermarket at the entrance to Melipilla, one of our drones captures when a person was injured, is cared for by civilians and climbed into a taxi,” said General Enrique Monrás, Chief Santiago West Zone.

Nine people were arrested by Carabineros, between afternoon and night on Friday, after a series of registered dismantlings in Villa Francia, Peñalolén and Melipilla. With barricades and molotov bomb launches, the turmoil spread for several hours and, as general Enrique Monrás, Chief Zone Santiago Oeste, commented, the “stopped by disorder and by barricades are 9. Most of them in Peñalolén and Melipilla also and others for not having authorization for transiting on public roads”. However, the most serious event occurred in Melipilla, where a 21-year-old was shot dead. “While there was unrest at a supermarket on the entrance to Melipilla, one of our drones catches when a person was injured, is cared for by civilians and climbed into a taxi. Established staff at the hospital in Melipilla, he could see that the person died as a result of ballistic impact,” Monrás added. By the public prosecutor’s office, the investigation was carried out by OS9 and SIP personnel from Carabineros, who must determine who was the perpetrator of the shooting.

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