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The General Director of the Carabineros, Mario Rozas, is once again in the eye of the hurricane, and again due to the questioned action of the uniformed police in the middle of a citizen demonstration. The viralization of a video that evidenced the push that a Carabineros member gave to a teenager, who ended up falling to the bed of the Mapocho river in the middle of a demonstration in the surroundings of the Baquedano Square, reopened the debate regarding the responsibilities of the Senior managers, this two weeks after the anniversary of the social outbreak of October 18.
Given the evidence of the facts, and of versions that are not consistent with reality on the part of the uniformed institution, who in the first place “flatly” ruled out the participation of one of their own in the fall of the 16-year-old from the Pío Nono bridge, the opposition from the PC to the DC did not hesitate to ask again for the resignation of the questioned General in charge of the institution.
The events occur in the midst of the questions that have arisen when the Carabineros act during the last citizen demonstrations prior to the plebiscite of October 25, and where an “evident” double standard has been accused in their actions depending on where and who manifests . Added to this is the administrative investigation carried out by the Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic, which brought charges against seven generals for their possible command responsibilities regarding the actions of the police during the social outbreak.
The reactions
Deputy Matías Walker (DC) was one of the first to react and affirmed, through his Twitter account, that the images known so far on the Pío Nono bridge “make Rozas’ stay as general director of the Pío Nono Bridge even more unsustainable”. Carabineros.
In turn, Senator Ximena Rincón, also DC, joined in the criticism and demanded an investigation and, in addition, that responsibilities be applied to those responsible for this fact, which, if effective, “is of the utmost gravity,” he said. a call to La Moneda: “The government cannot keep silent.”
The Socialist Party was not left out of the reactions and rightly demanded, not only the resignation of the general director of the Carabineros, but also the immediate dismissal of those involved and that the civil authorities assume their responsibility for criminal repression.
The senator of the PS José Miguel Insulza pointed out, in the same social network of the blue bird, that the evidence is clear: “a policeman pushes a young man from the bridge; that is a serious crime and the command must respond,” he sentenced.
“We demand immediate investigation and justice without montage. If so, immediate resignation of the general director as we demanded before for serious human rights violations,” Socialist Senator Isabel Allende also tweeted.
The Radical Party, true to its style, commented on the events through its president, Carlos Maldonado, who assured that the events recorded this Friday in the vicinity of Plaza Baquedano demonstrate “the imperative need for deep reform of the Carabineros and exhaustive training in public order control practices and protocols, without violating human rights “. “Never, least of all in Democracy, can this happen,” emphasized the radical leader, calling for “institutional responsibility and sanctions for this unacceptable case.”
“There is a profound break between the Institution of Carabineros de Chile and Chilean society and that break has a person in charge and his name is General Rozas. Under his mandate, human rights of protesters in our country have been violated and violated, from the social outbreak to the date, and the brutal repression exercised against the protesters in the Plaza de la Dignidad today, which ended with a young minor thrown into the Mapocho River, ratifies the above. Therefore, we demand his resignation, “he said in a statement from the head of the PPD bench, Raúl Soto.
Meanwhile, Deputy Chief Loreto Carvajal indicated that “this is a criminal act. I hope that the Minister of the Interior, Víctor Pérez and General Mario Rozas will stand up and take responsibility. The permanence of both in the position no longer has justification ”.
From the Broad Front, meanwhile, it issued a statement in which it remarked that “before the criminal actions of the Carabineros, we condemn the fact that today affected a 16-year-old adolescent, we demand the resignation of Rozas and we propose to start now the re-founding of the institution so that once and for all it respects human rights. “
From the FA, Congressman Gabriel Boric (Social Convergence) affirmed that “this is an assassination attempt, those who did it are criminals, and those who defend it are accomplices.”
“In shock after seeing the images of this criminal act by the Carabineros in Mapocho,” acknowledged Deputy Vlado Mirosevic (Liberal Party): “This is unacceptable … the thousands of cases seem not to be enough for the Government to intervene the institution and avoid brutality and abuse. This cannot wait any longer. “
They ask for the departure of Víctor Pérez
Not only Rozas was questioned, “Minister Víctor Pérez has to respond as a civil authority. This is very serious. Human rights are threatened again,” tweeted Senator Juan Ignacio Latorre, from the Democratic Revolution (RD).
The darts also aimed at the Interior portfolio from the Communist Party (PC). The mayor of Recoleta and potential presidential letter from the left, Daniel Jadue, directly requested the departure of the chief of staff, Víctor Pérez.
“This record of horror should be enough for the Interior Minister and the Carabineros director to make their positions available,” he said.
Rozas returns to the dock, shortly after one year of the social outbreak of October 18. Let us remember that the boss of the uniformed institution was in the eye of the hurricane due to his management during the protests that began in 2019, and where different international reports that denounced human rights violations, such as those of the UN such as Amnesty International, are counted.
It is worth mentioning that, after visiting the affected child at the Santa María Clinic, in the Providencia commune, the director of the National Institute of Human Rights (INDH), Sergio Micco, reported that the victim is stable, in addition to announcing that the An independent body will officiate Carabineros for their actions.
The INDH also reported that it will officiate at the Carabineros to obtain more information and clarify the circumstances in which the events occurred and thus define the corresponding actions.
The Carabineros versions
Carabineros referred to the event recorded this Friday in the vicinity of Plaza Baquedano, specifically on the Pio Nono bridge in Santiago.
Hours after what happened, Lieutenant Colonel Rodrigo Soto, from the Santiago Oriente Prefecture, said through a video on Twitter that “all the information will be made available to the Public Ministry.”
“Fortunately there is a video that shows that this unfortunate accident occurred in an intense context of detention of people who caused disorders and that now the Prosecutor’s Office must evaluate with all the information at its disposal,” said the officer.
“The events occurred in the context of a procedure with incidents and the policeman who appears in the video is clearly identified,” he stressed.
Earlier, the same Carabineros official said, in a statement to the press, that “enough of going around saying situations that do not correspond and that do not conform to reality, that denounce the role of the Carabineros. These images are already known to the Public Ministry, which is the body in charge of investigating the public criminal action “.
“Carabineros never threw this person into the river,” said Lieutenant Soto, explaining that the incident occurred “in this context of restoring public order: the person flees and for reasons that are to be investigated falls to the river bed.”
Soto also remarked that “what the Carabineros denied, and completely refutes again, is that this person was taken by the feet or that he was thrown into the river with a jet from the water-throwing car, as was invented by witnesses in social networks”.
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