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  • The officers, known as Carabineros, were from a police school in Santiago who were rushed to this seaside resort town south of Santiago to help quell the looting that followed the massive

    Latest News aaron salido 2010

  • Just one month before, Carabineros had reportedly shot and killed a university student during an indigenous land occupation.

    Nikolas Kozloff: WikiLeaks: FBI Now Keeping Tabs on Native Americans -- in South America? Nikolas Kozloff 2010

  • Just one month before, Carabineros had reportedly shot and killed a university student during an indigenous land occupation.

    Nikolas Kozloff: WikiLeaks: FBI Now Keeping Tabs on Native Americans -- in South America? Nikolas Kozloff 2010

  • He was arrested on 24 June 1989 in the town of Curacautín, IX Region, by members of Carabineros, uniformed police, and taken to a police checkpoint.

    Lean Left » Blog Archive » The Compnay You Keep 2006

  • Over the past few months in Chile, however, armed groups from the extreme left that have claimed responsibility for the murder of several Carabineros-I am referring in particular to the autonomous groups of the center and to the Lautaro group-those groups claim they are still receiving support from the Cuban Government, even after President Patricio Aylwin's assumption of government.

    Castro Discusses Ties With Chile in Interview 1991

  • There was the report on the resignation of three of the Carabineros commanders because of the brutal assassination of three Chilean citizens who were kidnapped and beheaded.

    CASTRO SPEECH AT FOREIGN DEBT DIALOGUE 1985

  • Investigations Police note: Carabineros and Investigations Police are normally administered by the Ministry of Interior, but in times of national emergency, they are considered part of the military

    The 2001 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

  • Military expenditures -- dollar figure: $2.12 billion (1998); note -- includes earnings from CODELCO Company and costs of pensions; does not include funding for the National Police (Carabineros) and

    The 1999 CIA Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

  • Investigations Police note: normally administered by Ministry of Interior; in times of national emergency, Carabineros and Investigations Police are considered part of the military

    The 2000 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

  • Police note: Carabineros and Investigations Police are normally administered by the Ministry of Interior, but in times of national emergency, they are considered part of the military

    The 2001 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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