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The Undersecretary of the Interior Manuel Monsalve together with the Undersecretary of Defense Victor Barrueto the head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff FACh General Jean Pierre Desgroux as well as representatives of the police announced a reinforcement of security measures in the so-called southern macrozone this due to acts of violence that occurred last Tuesday.According to Monsalve that day very serious events occurred where several people were injured some with firearms including the elected Constitutional Councilor Hctor Urban.We understand that many do not explain that having a State of Exception acts of violence continue to occur but that again shows the complexity of the challenge that the Chilean State has to guarantee peace when there are organized groups which are not willing to respect the institutionality and the lives of people and that make use of firearms to attack and eventually murder people. That is not tolerable we are obliged to review and strengthen all the measures that the State has to take to prevent these events from occurring the authority said.In that sense he reinforced that the most important thing is that people who commit serious crimes pay for these crimes are identified are arrested and punished and that task of criminal prosecution is decisive to finally eradicate violence from the country and particularly from the southern macro zone.MeasurementUndersecretary Monsalve reported that the following measures will be takenThe transfer of two helicopters to the area has been defined to reinforce the response capacities in the event of acts of violence that occur which will allow a total of 3 helicopters to be available.Within the framework of the State of Emergency it has been decided to allocate a greater number of armored vehicles in the area. Its implementation would be no later than next Monday and to act quickly these vehicles will be requested from the Army.Previously it had been defined to build an advanced military base which are already available in Captain Pastene and Lautaro. To these will be added one in the commune of Curacautn. This is already being implemented since the municipality allocated a piece of land the Government transferred the resources and a contract was signed with the construction company through the Presidential Delegation. On Monday 15 a third of the capabilities of this base should be available so that the military force can work in the area.To this Monsalve reported that there are a number of other security measures that will be kept in reserve to ensure their effectiveness.
