Increase in violent car thefts in the metro area prompts government to update the Anti-Carjacking Plan - La Tercera

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Encerronas and portonazos are two of the modalities in which vehicle robberies currently take place in the country. According to the Sistema Táctico de Operación Policial (STOP) of Carabineros, this crime has increased during the first five months of the year in the Metropolitan Region (RM), causing concern for the government and leading them to launch a new strategy through the Subsecretaría de Prevención del Delito to address it. While nationw…