The criminal acts recorded in recent months in our region have worried all sectors of regional life and civil society in general, taking into account that in the last three months three kidnappings have been committed, a crime that was not common in our region. country and much less in the O’Higgins region, so the authorities must focus on putting a heavy hand on this scourge that harms the security and tranquility of the population.
The last of them occurred in the commune of Las Cabras, where a mother and her daughter were kidnapped and released after paying a million-dollar ransom.
The position that the authorities have assumed at the regional level shows the unrest and the work that each of them must do to find a solution as soon as possible, in the face of the presence of criminal gangs that have come from other regions to commit their crimes. crimes, which were not frequent a few years ago.
Governor Pablo Silva Amaya: “We are concerned and concerned…”
The governor of the O’Higgins region, Pablo Silva Amaya, showed his “annoyance and concern” over the kidnapping of a mother and her daughter recorded early this Wednesday in the commune of Las Cabras, which in his opinion is It is losing a lot in public safety.
At the same time, Silva Amaya congratulated the police, who, thanks to their excellent intelligence work, both were rescued alive in the city of Renca.
“We are also concerned and concerned about the situation and losing a lot in public security, but the 40 vans will soon arrive,” of which 20 will be delivered to the Carabineros and others that will be destined for the Investigative Police (PDI).
He expressed his strong rejection of the fact that people from other areas of the country are committing crimes in our region.
Deputy Raúl Soto: “Organized crime installed in the country…”
Deputy Raúl Soto also spoke about this problem and stated that “organized crime is installed throughout the national territory and our region of O’Higgins, unfortunately, is not the exception,” where kidnappings, murders, extortions have been seen. , new forms of crime that are imported and much more violent.
Soto announced that in the region they are working against organized crime through the Regional Council, where the police, Public Ministry, Gendarmerie and all State institutions are in a coordinated manner to face this crisis.
He described the situation as “serious” and said that efforts are being made to approve around 3.5 billion pesos, which will be invested to strengthen the response capacity, increase technology, investigative, prevention and modernization capabilities of the institutions. of security.
“Progress is also being made in strengthening the legislation and for my part I will continue fighting at the national level so that the central government establishes shock measures in the short term, with an adequate military intervention that allows us to complement the efforts of our police and provide a “a clear sign of a strong and firm hand against these scourges,” he added.
The parliamentarian for the O’Higgins region also stated that recovering peace and tranquility in the country and the region, providing security to his compatriots, must be everyone’s priority, in a transversal and unitary way.
Deputy Diego Schalper: “Neighbors demand efficiency in the fight against crime”
Another of the deputies consulted about the repeated kidnappings in the region was Diego Schalper, to which he pointed out that a 15-axis proposal was presented to the regional government and Presidential Delegation of O’Higgins, one of which is to take measures to confront violent crimes, such as what has been known in recent months.
“We hope that the government makes them its own and soon presents us with a regional strategy regarding organized crime, violent and imported crimes, because the residents of O’Higgins demand diligence and efficiency in the fight against crime,” the also a parliamentarian for the O’Higgins region.
Fabio López: “Highly worrying”
For the Presidential Delegate, Favio López, it is “highly worrying” that in the O’Higgins region in less than three months there have been three kidnappings and that the government, through the Ministry of the Interior, has reinforced the specialized teams made available to the Public Ministry, to clarify this and other crimes that are related to organized crime.
López stated that “today we are highly concerned about the latest event that occurred in Las Cabras, which has quite strange aspects, which has to be investigated and where the Public Ministry has determined that the Investigative Police will carry out this investigation. ”.
He mentioned that the three cases of kidnapping that occurred in the region have had a “happy” ending, with no fatalities to regret.
Fabio López highlighted the rapid action of the police in these cases, since this action has made it possible to have detainees, who are currently at the disposal of the courts of justice and in preventive detention, and referring to the events in La Cabras, “it is quickly lead to the solution of the case.”
Marcela Riquelme: “Crime does not disappear, it moves”
“Crime does not go extinct, crime moves,” is how Deputy Marcela Riquelme began her statement, when she was asked about the kidnapping crimes recorded in the last three months in the sixth region, and stated that as a result of the application of the Criminal policies in the Metropolitan region, such as the greater allocation of resources in the police of various communities, imply that criminals choose the surrounding sectors to mobilize in terms of their criminal domicile.
For the deputy, criminals have chosen rural areas to give rise to drug manufacturing, a hiding place for criminals, to hide stolen cars and of course, to commit the crime of kidnapping, the latter being the concern of recent months.
“The incidence of these crimes is serious, even though the numbers are few, but they are extremely violent crimes, imported crimes, which are not typical of the idiosyncrasy or custom that our country has had,” Riquelme expressed to the It should be noted that there is always a foreigner involved, whether victim or perpetrator.
Considers that greater resources should be given to municipalities to combat crimes, as well as to the police for investigative work and to the Public Ministry, but also demand that these be State policies.
He stated that in the case of the 10 accused of digging a tunnel to commit a robbery of a securities company, and that the court has decreed only house arrest “it shows us a very soft hand in that sense,” because they are criminals who can escape and evade the action of justice.
He said that he has committed and has voted in favor of projects that give greater tools to the police, as well as to the courts, prosecutor’s office, to be able to prosecute crime and imprison people who are considered dangerous during the processing of the Causes.
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