General Soto: To the riflemen "we opposed" to the order of protection of foresters | National

On the afternoon of Monday, the director of the Carabinieri, Hermes Soto went to the Senate Human Rights Committee to answer parliamentary questions on the police operation that cost him November 14 The life to Camilo Catrillanca.

On the occasion, Soto Isla received questions from the five senators who make up the instance. Many of them, not only on the case, but also on the functioning of the institution in the region of La Araucanía .

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20 years old, Riflemen guarding forest lands I do not like it because the riflemen aim to protect order and safety public and not to occupy forest lands, "said parliamentarian Alejandro Navarro.

"We did the same thing with the banks when the theft of ATMs started, the banks have to take more permanent security measures and not let the carabineros in detention because they have to pay for their safety", added the legislator, concluding his speech, for the director general to reproduce later.

Hermes Soto, in this regard, regretted that "protective measures in forestry are permanent badigned by the prosecutor's office or the competent court, depending on the needs or demands of the forest enterprises, or forestry agencies, and we have a legal obligation to determine, to establish and to impose, we can not refuse. "

" We are very opposed to the amount of measures of protection that have been badigned to us, because it means more carabinieri, vehicles and resources. We believe it would be ideal not to have them but as the courts or prosecutors tell us that these measures must be respected, we have the legal obligation to do so.We have no choice but to comply with what is available before the courts. "

Subsequently consulted Staff permanency in the region, the Director General of Carabineros has ruled out the removal of officials from areas of territorial conflict.

"No We can get this staff out, because we do not have any other riflemen who can cover these factions, let's not forget that we have more than 300 protective measures on the day. day, which only concern 1000 carabinieri It is not easy to say overnight: "Let's get that quota out of there", because there would be a bigger problem, "he said. -he declares.