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“We are at war against a powerful, implacable enemy, who does not respect anything or anyone, who is willing to use violence and crime without any limit”, He said President Sebastián Piñera, surrounded by soldiers in the Santiago Army Garrison, the October 20, 2019, two days after the start of the social outbreak.
Unfortunate phrase that generated outrage in the opposition and citizens, which will hardly be forgotten.
A year after this, doubts have also arisen as to what led the head of state to speak of “war.”
In this context, a report by The counter mention a report Nº2 -dated that October 20- of the Army Intelligence Directorate (DINE), led then by General Guillermo Paiva, who was delivered through the now former Defense Minister Alberto Espina to Piñera, at the meeting that took place in the military compound hours before he made the referred and questioned speech.
In the document The DINE attributed to a “battalion of 600 agents” of the Venezuelan and Cuban intelligence, who allegedly entered Chile clandestinely, the responsibility of various insurrectionary operations in the country that led to the outbreak and social crisis; specifically, it targeted the Bolivarian Intelligence Service (SEBIN) and the G2 (Cuban Intelligence Directorate).
According to the Army, “Pedro Carvajalino, of the governmental Chavista organization Left Handed Konducta, would be one of the SEBIN / G2 commanders in charge of the insurrectionary offensive for Chile “; this name, however, turned out to be no more than a youtuber and fanatic tweeter of the Government of Nicolás Maduro, of Colombian origin, and” Zurda Konducta “, a TV show.
Even the DINE, in search of a greater explanation, stated that the events of the social crisis were directly related to the Sao Paulo forum held months before, in July 2019 in Caracas, the capital of Venezuela: the report notes that the outbreak in Chile was forged there and that certain people who participated in the event participated in the organization and direction of the demonstration activities to destabilize the Chilean constitutional order.
ANI REPORT DROPPED DINE ERRORS
A parallel report from the National Intelligence Agency (ANI) ruled out military hypotheses, first stating that Carvajalino in Venezuela does not have the profile to be an intelligence agent, since no serious agency or service of this type openly publishes its actions, strategies and, in addition, with its real name on social networks; while “this subject is a trend in social networks, rants and publishes all his alleged actions of agitation and organization.”
It also demolished the idea that the Sao Paulo Forum was behind the social outbreak, since “there is no sufficient background or evidence to establish that the events that took place since 10/19/19 in our country were organized or planned from this activity , much less affirm that these events are articulated and directed from the Government of Nicolás Maduro “.
“However,” he said, “through open sources it is possible to sustain an advantage from the Venezuelan government of the current events of social effervescence to attribute the organization of these and achieve an international impact in relation to their capacities and strategies,” in short, to demonstrate something that is not “.
He The DINE report had also identified a Venezuelan citizen known on Twitter under the name of “JUDITH BELANDRIA” as an organizer of coordination and calls to participate in these acts of violence against the Chilean Government, an accusation based on a publication that allegedly made in the previous days, where she called to protest the October 20 at 6:00 p.m. in the Paseo Bulnes sector.
However, according to The counter, it was found that it corresponded to Josefina Judith Belandria Aldana, who has a temporary refugee visa and is a well-known anti-Chavista and anti-mature activist; Likewise, the aforementioned publication actually dated from March 2019, a call to express its support for the Venezuelan people in an activity called “A Sail for Venezuela”, led by Guarequena Gutiérrez, then representative in Chile of Juan Guaidó, self-proclaimed president in charge of Venezuela .
DINE REPORT TAKEN PIÑERA TO TALK ABOUT “WAR”?
The Minister of the Interior was consulted this Wednesday, Victor Perez, who pointed out that “intelligence reports, firstly, are secret, and secondly, they are inputs for the authority’s decisions.”
In that sense, he assured that “the authority made decisions regarding a significant number of documents and reports, not only that; I do not consider that an error has been concluded because it was not the only report taken into account.”
Likewise, he rejected that the DINE report was what led Piñera to speak of “war” just two days after the social crisis broke out: “It is an elucubration that I do not share”said Pérez, who was a senator at the time.
Cooperativa tried to know the versions of the former minister Espina and General Paiva, today head of national defense in Tarapacá in the framework of the state of catastrophe due to the pandemic, but both declined to refer to the publication.
“WE RECEIVE MANY REPORTS”
For his part, the President himself was asked in a press release, who avoided delving into details.
“We received many reports and every time there was relevant information we made them available to the Prosecutor’s Office for investigation”Piñera answered briefly.
