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- Chilean judge suspends destruction of Bolivian timber for 60 days and orders fresh expertise
- Former footballer Jean Paul Pineda arrested for assault and contempt in San Bernardo
- Murder trial of former lieutenant Ojeda to expose links between Tren de Aragua and political persecution
- Former footballer Jean Paul Pineda arrested for domestic violence in San Bernardo
- Nineteen-year-old man found dead from gunshot wounds on Chinchorro beach, Arica
- 42-year-old man arrested for parricide of his mother in Pudahuel
- Mass trial of Tren de Aragua in Chile will expose links to political persecution
- Chilean court sentences first accused in kidnapping and murder of Ronald Ojeda to 20 years
- Court admits Santiago municipality lawsuits over damage in marches on 1 and 12 October
- Tren de Aragua: 20 years' imprisonment for kidnapping and murder of Ronald Ojeda in Chile
- Member of Tren de Aragua sentenced to 20 years for murder of Venezuelan dissident in Chile
- Chilean woman arrested over kidnapping and murder of Venezuelan teenager in Santiago
- Court orders relocation of former Gendarmería official to High Security unit of REPAS
- Sentenced to 20 years for kidnapping and murder of former Venezuelan soldier in Santiago
- Chile surpasses 100 tonnes of drugs seized in 2026, a historic record
- Drug trafficker "Watón Nacho" arrested in Lampa with over $200 million in drugs and firearms
- Suspect in foiled robbery in Iquique had pending homicide sentence in Peru
- Juan Aliste Vega dies aged 53 at Santiago Penitentiary Hospital
- Ex-Lautarista Juan Aliste Vega dies in prison, sentenced to 42 years for killing a carabinero
- Juan Aliste Vega dies in Penitentiary Hospital before humanitarian pardon decision
- Santiago Court Suspends CMR Falabella Collections Against Vishing Fraud Victim
- Femicide of Javiera Jiménez: convicted of qualified life imprisonment in Antofagasta
- Human rights lawyer files complaint with IACHR against prosecutor Barros over linking social unrest to organised crime
- Bank Itaú robbery in Ñuñoa: man detained after taking refuge in Chile-España Metro station and inflicting cut to his neck
- Businessman dead in Cartagena: truck driver detained said he believed he had hit a dog
- PDI leads international summit on cryptocurrencies and transnational organised crime
- Carabineros sergeant shot dead in Quilleco during domestic violence call
- PCC cell formalised in Chile: 19 charged with drug trafficking and organised crime
- Carabineros sergeant killed in Quilleco while responding to domestic violence call
- Carabinero shot dead in Quilleco while responding to domestic violence case
- Sergeant Jaime Urrea killed in shooting in Quilleco: Minister Arrau demands more tools for Carabineros
- Man dies from eight gunshot wounds in San Pedro de la Paz: fifth homicide in seven days in Biobío
- Man shot dead outside his home in Concepción: 63rd homicide of the year in Biobío
- Maickel Villegas convicted for kidnapping and murder of former lieutenant Ronald Ojeda
- Argentine truck driver detained at Los Libertadores with veterinary pharmaceuticals hidden in spare wheel
- Drug war in south Santiago: two drug lords and a police officer executed
- Tren de Aragua member convicted of kidnapping and murder of Ronald Ojeda in Chile
- Maickel Villegas convicted of kidnapping and murder of Ronald Ojeda in Chile
- Court sentences two men to 15 years in prison for murder of teenager in La Granja
- Maickel Villegas found guilty of kidnapping and murder of Ronald Ojeda in Santiago
- Two murders, 700 kilos of drugs and millions in bags: the "El Poroto" case in Lo Espejo
- PDI and Public Prosecutor's Office dismantle first PCC cell in Chile: 20 detained
- Seven detained in Chile linked to PCC: operation spanned 11 regions
- Death of Carabineros Corporal in Santiago: NGO Campo Seguro condemns incident
- Retired generals condemn murder of Corporal Cristopher Aguilera in Lo Espejo
- Prosecutors and police dismantle first PCC cell in Chile
- Bolivian detained with 16 kilograms of coca leaves in Chillán held in preventive custody
- Operation in Antofagasta dismantles criminal gang and captures Colombian with pending sentence
- Arica Prosecutor Authorises New Bolivian Timber Shipments Despite Active Investigation
- Raid on Autopista Central: eight officials charged with fraud in TAG toll notices in La Granja
- Four gendarmes detained over tax fraud in investigation involving the Army
- Four Gendarmería officials detained for fraud against treasury in three regions
- Chile joins Shield of the Americas against transnational organised crime
- Chile joins Americas Shield to combat transnational organised crime
- Chile joins Shield of the Americas to combat transnational organised crime
- Young worker murdered at restaurant in Rengo: witness contradicts PDI account
- Government condemned to pay 40 million pesos to former student tortured at Talcahuano Naval Base in 1974
- Over a thousand years in prison for 18 members of the Resistencia Mapuche Lafkenche for attack on Molino Grollmus
- Drug trafficking in northern ports: Antofagasta prosecutor warns of biocean corridor
- 91-year-old woman found dead in Pitrufquén: theft, assault and rape under investigation