The state of exception imposed by the Government of Chile in the northern border provinces ended this Friday, April 15, but it did not involve the withdrawal of police and military personnel, since it was replaced by decree 265, published during the administration of President Sebastián Piñera, which allows the deployment of troops and other personnel to control irregular migration flows.
This was reported by the Undersecretary of the Interior, Manuel Monsalve, who stressed that the Government’s commitment is “to maintain a secure border”, and for this it resorts to a decree that allows it greater influence in the coordination and deployment of security services.
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“The state of emergency ends, but the Government is going to keep decree 265 in force, which allows all police personnel to remain in force.but also to all the personnel of the Armed Forces and to all the support equipment for border control”, affirmed Monsalve, who also declared himself against “hot returns”, a common practice also in other countries of doubtful fits into the declaration of human rights.
In this context, government sources explained to Efe that the current strategy will consist of two main lines of action: one, improve security in the control of access routes followed by migrants from the Bolivian highlands and southern Peru; and two, focus actions on the fight against the mafias that profit from human trafficking and organized crime gangs that take advantage of the situation to undermine security in the towns near the border.
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To do this, the Executive has appealed to the Carabineros but also to the Investigative Police (PDI), which it has instructed to deploy the transregional resources available to it in the north.
“It is evident the insecurity experienced by citizens, the increase in the perception of insecurity, and the violent acts they witness and generate insecurity have to do with the presence of organized crime. For this reason, we have particularly asked the Investigative Police to take action regarding the fight against organized crime in the northern macro zone.”Monsalve remarked.
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The northern regions of Chile have been the scene of the biggest migration crisis in the country’s history for more than a year, with hundreds of people entering irregularly every day across the borders with Bolivia and Peru, mostly from Venezuelan origin, but also Haitians and other nationalities.
Last February, and on the eve of the end of the previous administration of Piñera, who is accused of inciting the arrival of migrants, strikes and protests broke out in the provinces of Arica, Iquique and Antofagasta due to the increase in crime and violencethat the local population, and in particular the powerful and influential truckers’ union, blame the Venezuelans who arrive from the highlands.
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The protests and insecurity, also fueled by xenophobia, led the government to declare a state of emergency and deploy a greater number of police and military personnel to shield the border, a measure that has not stopped the migratory flow.
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