Chile recorded 842 homicides in 2022, an increase of 43 percent over the previous year’s data, according to an official balance sheet released Tuesday by the government of Gabriel Boric, who has advocated precisely to combat insecurity in the South American country.
The Minister of the Interior, Carolina Tohá, and the director of Carabineros, Ricardo Yáñez, have appeared before the media to share the figures, which also include 231 people arrested for homicide, 20 percent more than in 2021.
The highest rates of dangerousness are registered in Tarapacá, in northern Chile, where there are 10.3 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants, more than double the national average of 4.6. This region is followed by Arica and Parinacota, both with 8.5 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants, according to El Mercurio.
The balance also reports more than 272,000 robberies, while drugs seized in 2022 approached 27,780 kilos and weapons exceeded 3,500. Security forces managed to dismantle almost 1,150 organized gangs, a 27.4 percent increase.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
