Chile Doubles Police Detention Limits Under New Organized Crime Law
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This is the first initiative of the Agenda against Organized Crime and Terrorism issued by the National Congress.
Chile doubles police detention limits under new organized crime law
Chilean President José Antonio Kast has signed into law a measure that doubles the maximum time suspects can be held without a judicial warrant during flagrant delicto situations, where a crime is committed in the act or immediately thereafter. Under the new rules, the national police (Carabineros) and the Investigations Police (PDI) may detain individuals for 24 hours, up from the previous 12-hour limit. Maritime authorities have seen this peri…
On Tuesday, President José Antonio Kast promulgated the law that extends the detention period for Carabineros and the PDI from 12 to 24 hours, while for the maritime authority the period extends to 48 hours. This is the first rule of the government’s ACOT security agenda [...]
The initiative is part of the Agenda Against Organized Crime and Terrorism (ACOT) and strengthens the tools available to the police and the Public Prosecutor's Office during the first hours of an investigation. The President of the Republic, José Antonio Kast, promulgated the law that extends the maximum period of time from 12 to 24 hours [...]
On Tuesday, President José Antonio Kast promulgated the law that extends the term of detention for flagrante delicto from 12 to 24 hours for Carabineros and the PDI. And up to 48 hours for the maritime authority. This is the first norm of the Government's Agenda against Organized Crime and Terrorism (Acot) [...] The post Kast enacted a law of detention for flagrante, the first of the Agenda against Organized Crime and Terrorism appeared first on…
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