Carabinero is wounded by a bullet in Victoria during a proceeding for theft of a truck | National

In the commune of Victoria, in the region of La Araucanía, a Carabinero had to undergo surgery, after being shot that left a bullet wound in his chest. According to the records provided, police officials came face to face with a group of people who would have stolen a van.

Due to the impact of a shot in his chest, a Carabinero underwent surgery at the Victoria Hospital, in the Araucania regionafter being injured in a procedure for robbery with intimidation.

The incident occurred at around 4:30 p.m. when a person reported that they had been the victim of the theft of their vehicle.

For the above, Police officials activated the protocol to find the location of the car and the perpetrators of the robbery who were traveling in a red van.

The criminals -in that same sequence- approach a second victim, who was traveling in a Mazda truck, and it was stolen.

In that same circumstance, Carabineros notices the subjects and at the moment in which the police try to inspect the authors, they evade them and shoot the second corporal in the collarbone sector.

This was confirmed by General Manuel Cifuentes Quezada, head of the first zone of Carabinero de La Araucanía.

“Carabineros spot the individuals who were traveling in the red van, which was linked to the theft of the other two vehicles and these -at the moment- when the Carabineros try to control them, they evade them (…) It is the moment in which the second corporal is wounded at the level of the clavicle, above his bulletproof vest (…)”, he explained.

In addition, the general added that about seven people were being transported in the red van.

It is necessary to that the condition of the corporal is seriousso that, it is evaluated to be transferred to the Metropolitan region.

For its part, the prosecution He indicated that personnel from OS9 and LABOCAR carry out the pertinent directives to clarify the fact.

Authorities arrive in Victoria

The two chief generals of the Araucanía zone and the Southern Macrozone of Public Order arrived in the Victoria zone.

In addition, the Presidential delegate of La Araucanía, Raúl Allard Soto, and the regional prosecutor, Miguel Ángel Velázquez, appeared at the hospital.

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