Manuel Guerra, regional prosecutor of the Eastern Prosecutor’s Office, reported a significant decrease in “slamming” Y “shutdowns”In the 9 communes of its jurisdiction (Las Condes, Ñuñoa, Lo Barnechea, La Reina, Providencia, Vitacura, La Florida, Peñalolén and Macul).
Guerra pointed out that “we have had a drop in crimes of robbery with violence and intimidation by means of lockdown or slamming of 59% so far this year compared to the same period of the previous year ”, he pointed out.
After being a fugitive since December: they arrest the leader of a gang dedicated to robberies with lock-ups and slamming doors Wed 03 Feb 2021
They found two clandestine workshops where they dismantled stolen vehicles in lock-ups and slamming doors Jue 22 Oct 2020
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Along these lines, he stressed that “this seems super relevant to us, because during the first months one could have attributed the decline to the fact that in 2020 there was no pandemic and that this year there was., but already the months of March and April show us a clear downward trend “, specifying that the comparison addresses the periods of January-April 2020 with January-April 2021.
And he added that “that means that, from 448 crimes committed between January and April 2020, we have dropped to 314 in 2021“Said the lawyer.
In addition, he specified that the greatest casualties of portonazos are observed in Florida with 73%; on Vitacura , with 59%; and in Peñalolén, with 53%.
In the first months of this year there had already been a 43% decrease in this percentage, so this data confirms the drop.
“All this is the result of the coordination carried out with both police officers of a rigorous effective work with a methodology aimed at identify and dismantle criminal gangs, which have had the collaboration of the different municipalities in the eastern zone, ”explained prosecutor Guerra.
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