Chile — Crime News in English — Page 2
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- Chile sentences three former DINA agents to 15 years for 1976 assassination in Washington D.C.
- Murder of 12-year-old boy in San Bernardo reveals rise in youth delinquency
- Argentine Cameraman Filmed His Own Murder During the 1973 Tanquetazo in Santiago
- Senator Flores: drug culture and organised crime exploit state gaps in Chile
- Nearly fifty guards at Santiago 1 prison arrested in raid
- Man convicted of parricide and homicide of his brother and grandmother on Caguach Island, Quinchao
- 27-year-old man shot dead at entrance of his building in central Santiago
- Two women arrested at Santiago airport terminal for tickets purchased with another's card
- Telephone scams through vishing cause 29% of digital losses in Chile, according to report
- Fifth and sixth members of gang that robbed and killed child aged 12 arrested in San Bernardo
- Chilean court orders State to compensate former student tortured in 1973
- Three detained after fatal carjacking in San Bernardo
- Judge orders pre-trial detention for gang accused of deadly carjacking with child dragged in San Bernardo
- Woman found dead with knife wounds in central Santiago
- Five arrested in drug trafficking network between Santiago and Punta Arenas remain in preventive detention
- Driver killed by gunfire on Coronel route: had criminal record and breached court-ordered home confinement
- Person dies from stab wounds inside a tenement in Santiago
- Homicide in central Santiago cite leaves elderly man dead
- Police officer arrested following accident in central Santiago that left woman in critical condition
- Former Chilean intelligence agents sentenced to fifteen years for murder in Washington
- Bank employee arrested in Santiago over alleged money laundering
- Five South American countries meet in Santiago to strengthen fight against transnational crime
- Defence of teenager charged with parricide in Loncoche claims her partner sought to prevent the crime
- Remand in custody for man accused of homicide in Recoleta
- 17-year-old girl detained along with her boyfriend and schoolmate for the murder of her mother in Loncoche
- Foreign national arrested on suspicion of killing woman in central Santiago
- Husband of murdered woman lunged at detained neighbour in Santiago
- Serious shortcomings found in drug custody at Iquique airport terminal
- Former tourism agent must repay $66 million defrauded from Chilean Army
- Court orders investigation into identity of internet user who linked Desbordes to cover-up
- Fight at Santiago Sur prison ends with inmate stabbed in the neck
- 24-year-old Colombian found executed in residential area of Chillán
- Life sentence for "El Chucky" for homicide at Valparaíso pub
- Man sentenced to life imprisonment for aggravated murder in Ecuador Subida pub in Valparaíso
- Spain trip blocked for two suspects who used another person's card to buy tickets
- Gang of foreign nationals arrested in Talca for planning murder during robbery
- Chilean customs seizes more than 100 tonnes of drugs destined for Europe
- Chile extends high-security regime to four prisons to combat organised crime from inside prison
- Enhanced prison regime seeks to dismantle criminal networks from inside Chilean prisons
- Over 100 tonnes of drugs hidden in timber for Europe: massive discovery in Chile
- 54 arrested in illegal fishing smuggling network: includes carabineros and public officials
- Former Lagos adviser sentenced for tax fraud later freed by Supreme Court
- Operation "El Dorado": criminal network dismantled in prisons with support from penitentiary officials
- Chile: Historic seizure exceeds 100 tonnes of narcotics hidden in timber
- Chile seizes more than 1,000 tonnes of drugs hidden in timber with aid of detection dogs
- Chile: authorities seize over 100 tonnes of drugs hidden in timber shipments destined for Europe
- 100 tonnes of drugs concealed in timber destined for Europe seized in Chile
- Chile seizes 100 tonnes of drugs hidden in timber shipments destined for Europe
- Antofagasta leads drug seizures in Chile with over 26 tonnes in first half of 2026
- Chile: 108 tonnes of drugs found hidden in export timber
- Santiago Court upholds 400 UTM fine against Chilevisión for broadcasting murder victim audio
- Organised crime in Chile 2025: kidnappings and gun trafficking rise, homicides fall
- Court admits complaint against Irací Hassler for tax fraud in failed clinic purchase
- National Prosecutor Valencia: "Chile is not Brazil, Colombia or Mexico" on organised crime
- Man shot dead in Cerro Navia: left with two acquaintances and was murdered
- Second arrest made in murder of Freddy Santiago Guzmán on Transmilenio
- Paraguayan citizen detained at Los Libertadores for human trafficking and sexual exploitation
- DIRECTEMAR brings together institutions at seminar on maritime drug trafficking in Viña del Mar
- Shooting at Rancagua church: priest warns that "we would be mourning a murder"
- Life sentence for taxi driver's killer in Pedro Aguirre Cerda in 2021