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Pretrial Detention Is Ordered Against Gendarmerie Officer Who Tried to Enter the Telephone at El Manzano Prison in Concepción

Summary by La Tercera
The Regional Prosecutor ' s Office of the Biobío accuses him of aggravated bribery, entry of prohibited elements into a penal facility and illegal possession of ammunition.

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A Gendarmerie official was arrested this Wednesday after being surprised when he allegedly attempted to enter illegal substances and prohibited elements...

·Concepción, Chile
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The Regional Prosecutor ' s Office of the Biobío accuses him of aggravated bribery, entry of prohibited elements into a penal facility and illegal possession of ammunition.

·Las Condes, Chile
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Concepción. The Public Prosecutor ' s Office describes the case as serious: the accused was placed in pretrial detention after formalization and dismissal, for payments and telephone smuggling in El Manzano.

A Gendarmerie official was placed in pretrial detention after being arrested for his alleged involvement in a case of bribery inside the El Manzano Prison Enforcement Centre in Concepción. According to the background of the investigation, the official attempted to enter a cell phone into the prison premises in exchange for a [...] The Gendarmerie entrance is held in pretrial detention for alleged bribery in the Biobío prison was first published …

The inquiry found that the official working in the same prison facility, at the time when he was working, attempted to “enter illegal substances and items prohibited by the prison administration in the facility”.

·Viña del Mar, Chile
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A gendarme was arrested and subsequently dismissed from the institution after his participation in the admission of prohibited elements to El Manzano de Concepción prison was discovered. The former official was formalized before the Court of Penquista Guarantee, where his pretrial detention was ordered. According to the background presented during the hearing, the defendant would have charged a figure of about a million pesos for entering a cell…

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La Tercera broke the news in Las Condes, Chile on Wednesday, September 16, 2026.
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