15 dead at mass events – Summary 3

The record of protests that took place throughout Chile rose to 15 on Tuesday as a result of looting in Santiago.

Carabineros confirmed that he had found a body in a commercial area upon his arrival in the area after receiving an emergency call to dissolve a crowd that was looting him in the curfew of the trans-Andean capital .

According to this strength, the man 's hidden in the supermarket when he saw the uniform arriving to control the situation and hid in a warehouse behind a refrigerator that caused a shock that caused his death, according to several local media and news agency EFE.

Before midnight, the Navy confirmed the presence of another deceased in the city of Talcahuano, about 500 km south of the capital, after being hit by a navy truck when soldiers intervened for another looting.

This situation has also occurred under the curfew in this city.

Santiago and the entire metropolitan area, to which the capital belongs, were for the third consecutive night under curfew, an extended measure in the region of Valparaíso, in the province of Concepción and in the cities of Antofagasta, La Serena, Coquimbo , Rancagua, Talca and Valdivia.

Violent groups radicalized a social protest because of the rising price of the Santiago Metro, which led to massive demonstrations that led to clashes with the police, barricades, fires and looting.

The Chilean president, Sebastián Piñera, declared that the country was waging a "war" against the violent ones and maintained the state of emergency, totally or in some of its communes, in 11 of the 16 regions of the country: the metropolitan area that is located in Santiago), Tarapacá, Antofagasta, Coquimbo, Valparaiso, Maule, Concepcion, Bío Bío, O. Higgings, Magallanes and Los Ríos.

At the last minute, the president gave up on the subway increase and urged all political parties to find a solution to the most serious social conflict that has shaken Chile for decades.