Boric led a ceremony at the Carabineros Training School together with the Commander of the Carabineros, General Ricardo Yañez, and the Minister of the Interior, Carolina Tohá.

He explained that 509 future graduates of this center will carry out their practical training in this area, as part of an initial reinforcement of the so-called Streets without Violence plan.

Another 400 officers will be added to this group in a second stage to increase surveillance and patrolling activities, especially at night.

Another contingent of 760 officers will be formed with redeployments of carabineros located in various regions of the country, said the president, who reiterated his determination to put an end to the scourge of growing violence in Chile’s metropolitan area.

From July 13 to 16, two mass killings were committed in the capital’s districts, including that of four teenagers between the ages of 13 and 17.

Although these events caused a great commotion in society, violent criminal acts, many of them involving the use of firearms, are almost a daily occurrence, due to the actions of gangs associated with organized crime.

Regarding this problem, President Boric acknowledged that it is a difficult task to which they are allocating the maximum of resources and tools available to the State. abo/ro/car/eam