Homicides increased by 43% in Chile in 2022

Chile registered 842 homicides in 2022, 43% more than the previous year, according to an official balance released this Tuesday by the Government of Gabriel Boric.

The Minister of the Interior, Carolina Tohá, and the director of the Carabineros, Ricardo Yáñez, have appeared before the media to share the figures, which also include 231 people arrested for homicides, 20% more than in 2021.

The highest rates of dangerousness are recorded in Tarapacá, in northern Chile, where there are 10.3 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants, more than double the 4.6 that mark the national average. This region is followed by Arica and Parinacota, both with 8.5 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants, according to the newspaper ‘El Mercurio.’

The balance also accounts for more than 272,000 robberies, while the drug seized in 2022 is close to 27,780 kilos and the weapons exceed 3,500. The security forces managed to dismantle almost 1,150 organized gangs, 27.4% more than in 2021.

With information from La Gaceta de la Iberosfera

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