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Carabineros questioned the new report of International Amnesty (AI), in which the entity calls to be investigate the institution’s high command for “allowing” human rights violations to be committed during the massive protests that began on October 18, 2019.
According to what the organization investigated in the course of the so-called social outbreak, the report indicates that the generals of the uniformed police, “despite having knowledge of the serious human rights violations that their subordinates were committing, would have deliberately failed to take all measures in their power to prevent them“.
The Institution’s Social Communications Directorate responded to the report with a statement, in which it stated that “Carabineros de Chile regrets that the Amnesty International-Chile report contains a number of inaccuracies and omissions“.
“The report takes some serious complaints for granted against certain police officers, despite the fact that they are currently being investigated by the Public Ministry and must be tried by the Courts of Justice, “he points out, criticizing in particular that it was not clarified that the complaint of rape against a young man in a police station -what was part of the first AI-document was discarded by justice
Carabineros de Chile announces its position on the report delivered during this day by Amnesty International-Chile pic.twitter.com/gi89Za1UXX
– Carabineros de Chile (@Carabdechile) October 15, 2020
“All complaints must be duly investigated under the direction of the Public Ministry in accordance with the law,” emphasizes Carabineros. The establishment of the truth and civil and criminal responsibilities correspond to the Courts of Justice. By virtue of that, and in a State of Law, an organism cannot claim to fulfill this role“.
The letter adds that “as an institution We categorically reject that its officials have generally violated human rights of the protesters, and reiterates its call for prudence and to allow the organs of the State to carry out their work with full respect for the Constitution and the laws. “
The Minister of the Interior also came out in defense of the police, Victor Perez, that although he admitted not having read the AI report, he stated that “without a doubt, from just reading the words you mention to me, I think there is a significant bias and there are a number of claims that, I think, have no foundation. “
Changes in police conduct
The brief also reaffirms that during the protests at the end of last year “unpublished episodes of extreme violence occurred” to which the police had to face, and at least 2,800 “serious events”, as the institution describes them.
“At all times, every effort was made to address these episodes of violence and public disorder in compliance with the constitutional mandate and in full compliance with current laws,” the letter remarks.
It also ensures that the background information for the events being investigated by the Prosecutor’s Office has been made transparent, stating that “proof of this is the self-reporting of situations that have deviated from legal regulations, including 1,270 administrative processes and permanent collaboration with the Public Ministry in their investigations. “
Finally, the institution argues that the instructions of the operative commanders and guidelines from their strategic commanders constantly seek reinforce “permanent respect for human rights” in procedures, and adds that since October 2019 new protocols have been promoted, and there are more than 6,700 personnel with consolidated training in the matter.
After a uniformed man was charged with the attempted murder of the adolescent pushed into the Mapocho River on October 2, the Government summoned the commission in charge of reforming the Carabineros last week, giving him 90 days to announce the first results of his work.
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