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The gendarme infected with COVID-19 had a meeting with two ministers 36 hours before confirmation of a positive
In just 24 hours, the number of gendarmes infected with coronavirus increased by 50%, and the prison guild leader, who participated in meetings with two ministers and other authorities this week, was confirmed as positive. In the midst of this complex scenario, a pardon law was passed on Thursday that would unload the prisons, freeing 1,700 people who would begin serving their sentences at home.
A new case of coronavirus is registered in Gendarmerie. Positive corresponds to the head of the penitentiary union, who works in the Puente Alto prison, a prison in which 70 officials have already been confirmed as carriers of the coronavirus.
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Last Tuesday, the ministers of health and justice visited the detention center, where the head asked for stronger protection measures for the gendarmes in charge of the prison population.
The meeting of the leader, now confirmed as positive, with ministers, deputy ministers and national director of the gendarmerie. They assure the government that all preventive measures have been taken, such as social distance, the use of masks, the use of alcohol gel after the rally and the passage of authorities through the sanitary tunnel.
In just 24 hours, the number of gendarmes infected with coronavirus increased by 50% and from 76 to 104 positive cases. The gendarmes warn that a steady increase in the number of positive cases among officials may affect prison security.
Pardon law
In the midst of this complex scenario, President Sebastian Pinhera unveiled Pardon law allowance, which will allow 1,700 prisoners to change the prison for house arrest. This figure is higher than previously reported for 1300 prisoners, due to the recent granting of exit permits on Sunday and weekends.
The first is pardoned, who can be released from prison in the next few hours. Since almost 500 beneficiaries did not have an identity card, a coordinated operation was conducted between the gendarmerie and the civil registration department, so that each of the chosen ones was left with the document in their hands.
Legal entity that he left convicts for serious crimes, such as murders, crimes against minors and crimes against humanity.
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