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Kast Declares National Mourning for the Death of a Carabiniero in Southern Chile Who Was Shot Eight Days Ago

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The death of a carabinieri who had been attacked on March 11, the very day of the inauguration of the president of Chile, the conservative José Antonio Kast, has imposed the first major challenge of the emergency government on one of its key axes: public safety. The second sergeant Javier Figueroa Manquemilla, 36 years old, died this Thursday in the hospital of Puerto Montt, in the region of Los Lagos, about 1,000 kilometers south of Santiago de…

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In the framework of the funerals of Sergeant Second Javier Figueroa, the general director of Carabineros, Marcelo Araya, granted him the rank of Deputy Chief Officer posthumously and reported that the First Commissariat of Puerto Varas, in which he worked, will bear his name. “I have arranged the posthumous promotion to the rank of Deputy Chief Officer of Carabineros of Chile of Sergeant Second Javier Figueroa Manquemilla in order to value and t…

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Following the death of Sergeant 2nd of Carabineros Javier Figueroa Manquemilla (36) last Thursday, Carabineros of Chile enabled a virtual condolences book on his website in order for people to deliver messages of support and condolences addressed to the family and colleagues of the institution. Previously, Sergeant Figueroa was hospitalized nine days with the diagnosis of brain death after being shot in the head while carrying out a routine oper…

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The death of a carabinieri who had been attacked on March 11, the very day of the inauguration of the president of Chile, the conservative José Antonio Kast, has imposed the first major challenge of the emergency government on one of its key axes: public safety. The second sergeant Javier Figueroa Manquemilla, 36 years old, died this Thursday in the hospital of Puerto Montt, in the region of Los Lagos, about 1,000 kilometers south of Santiago de…

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Andrea Jaque For eight days, the uniformed man fought for his life in the ICU of the Hospital de Puerto Montt, where he was diagnosed with brain death.He was 36 years old, was born in the Los Lagos region and served as the roundmaster at the First Police Station of Puerto Varas.The pain of his departure is felt strongly in Victoria, the home town of his wife, the second sergeant Marisol Valenzuela Salinas, in charge of the Office of Gender Viole…

The regional governor(s) of Los Lagos, Carlos Recondo, along with the regional presidential delegate, Cristian Palma, and the mayor of Puerto Montt, Rodrigo Wainraihgt, received on Saturday at the Air Base El Tepual of the FACh the President of the Republic, José Antonio Kast Rist, reports BioBioChile. The president arrived in the Region of Los Lagos from Santiago, after participating in the 96th anniversary ceremony of the Chilean Air Force, wi…

The crime against a Carabineros cash not only led the Chilean president, José Antonio Kast, to decree three days of national mourning, but also demonstrated that support for the Chilean police force is a pillar of the president's communicational policy, experts consulted by Sputnik said.

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pnt.cl broke the news in on Friday, March 20, 2026.
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