Chile Civil Commotion Toll: More than Twenty Dead, over 9,000 Detained

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The outbreaks in Chile have left a tragic result of 20 dead, hundreds injured and 9,203 arrested, according to an official report released on Tuesday, October 29th, by the Chilean Ministry of Justice and Human Rights.

The balance includes data on deaths and injuries accounted for between October 19th, when protests and riots began, and October 28th, but do not include the severe incidents recorded on Monday afternoon in Santiago, Concepción, Valparaíso, and Antofagasta.

Against this backdrop, complaints about human rights violations and institutional violence have multiplied, leading the United Nations to send a special mission to Chile to investigate them.

The National Human Rights Institute (NHRI) has lodged complaints to investigate the cases of five deaths caused by the actions of state officials, as well as another 18 for sexual violence, 54 for torture and more than 50 for alleged illegal detentions.

Source: Agência Brasil

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