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Chile: High-Risk Prisoners Escape Through the Main Gate Dressed as Prison Guards

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By Nayara Batschke, Santiago (AP) — Two high-risk inmates escaped from a Santiago prison on foot, disguised as prison guards, the Chilean government reported Thursday. The escape occurred at midday Wednesday when prison guards, known as gendarmes in Chile, noticed during the daily headcount that two inmates were missing from the Santiago Sur Pretrial Detention Center. A security protocol was immediately activated, and it was confirmed that the p…

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When the clock marked 12.01 am on Wednesday, February 25, the condemned Tomás González and Juan Flores materialized the plan they had designed to escape from the former penitentiary, on Pedro Montt Avenue.They made it dressed as gendarmes, so their departure did not generate suspicion among the officials who performed in the access of the enclosure.In fact, this was recorded in a video of the security camera that is installed at the side of that…

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An earthquake in Gendarmerie was the one that triggered the escape of two highly dangerous prisoners from the former penitentiary. And it is that the national director of the institution, Rubén Pérez, announced the removal of four high posts: the metropolitan regional director, Colonel Héctor Labrin; the warden and the operational and internal regime chiefs. Read also... Gendarmería announces the removal of four high posts after the escape of tw…

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By Nayara Batschke, Santiago (AP) — Two high-risk inmates escaped from a Santiago prison on foot, disguised as prison guards, the Chilean government reported Thursday. The escape occurred at midday Wednesday when prison guards, known as gendarmes in Chile, noticed during the daily headcount that two inmates were missing from the Santiago Sur Pretrial Detention Center. A security protocol was immediately activated, and it was confirmed that the p…

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The Minister of Justice, Jaime Gajardo, referred this Friday near noon to the escape of two prisoners from the former penitentiary of Santiago and assured that the government will act with “all the tools that the rule of law gives us” to remove possible officials involved in acts of corruption. At a press point, the authority was emphatic: “Under no circumstances can we allow corrupt officials in Gendarmerie.” He added that the institution is “t…

The entry Gendarmerie dismisses high command for escape of two prisoners; Boric and Kast agree third meeting and will see topic of submarine cable to China; SEC adds new million dollar fine for mega blackout was first published in CIPER Chile.

A scandal of proportions shakes the Chilean prison system after the leak of a record showing the flight of two highly dangerous inmates from the CDP Santiago Sur, the well-known former penitentiary. The most shocking thing about the record is that the subjects left the compound "in complete calm" and wearing clothes that, according to [...] The entry Thus was the escape of two prisoners from the main door in Santiago prison was first published i…

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infogate.cl broke the news in on Thursday, February 26, 2026.
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