US EditionTwo Kidnappings Hit Chile: an Entrepreneur Was Released After More than 17 Hours and a Man Was Forced by His Captors to Eat His Own Ear
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Although kidnappings were rare in Chile, in the last decade they have had their biggest rise in the history of the South American country, since they went from 360 in 2014 to 868 in 2024. But it was from 2022, with the eruption of transnational crime, that they experienced an explosive increase: they rose by 68% compared to the previous year, and in the last three years they have remained above 800 kidnappings per year, according to a report by …
The PDI and the ECOH Prosecutor's Office gave more background on the arrest of six members of a dedicated family clan...
The head of the Bipe Anti-kidnapping of the Metropolitan PDI, subprefect Hassel Barrientos, explained that the 38-year-old was held in captivity for about 20 hours, being “subjected to various tortures and injuries to be released.”
New background has emerged since the investigation.
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