Carabinero is shot dead in the middle of an operation in the Araucanía Region

A policeman was shot in the middle of an operation in Temuco, in the La Araucanía region.

According to information from the uniformed police, Second Corporal Eugenio Nain Caniumil he was killed in an ambush by unknown persons.

According to preliminary information, the corporal was driving a police car when he was ambushed by ten individuals with long and short weapons. The situation would have occurred within the framework of an eviction in the town of Metrenco, in the Padre las Casas commune.

At the time of receiving the bullet impact, he was found sitting behind the wheel when he would have received several ballistic impacts.

After receiving the gunshot wounds, he was rushed to the Hernán Henríquez Aravena hospital, where he was resuscitated. However, he died at the scene.

The policeman, 24 years old and with two children, had served the institution for 5 years.

Prosecutors Miguel Rojas and Carlos Bustos arrived at the site of the event.

Once the facts were known, the Minister of the Interior, Víctor Pérez, condemned the facts, stating that “A 24-year-old has been murdered. Married, father of two children, one six years old and the other nine months old, because he wore the Carabineros uniform. He was doing his duty. “

“I hope that nowadays there is no one who does not condemn a brutal act such as the one we learned a few minutes ago, that a young man who entered to serve the country, to protect citizens, is assassinated with war material by violent men, by terrorists, by murderers“, he claimed.

The Secretary of State announced that he will travel to the area, together with the General Director of the Carabineros Mario Rozas.