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Minister Gajardo and 44 Gendarmes Arrested: “This Type of Investigation Is Taking Place in All Regions of the Country”

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This Tuesday, the West regional prosecutor, Marcos Pastén, announced a severe blow against organized crime and corruption. After an investigation that lasted for more than seven months, by the hands of the PDI and the Gendarmería, they managed to disrupt a network -which includes at least 44 gendarmes- that was dedicated to entering illegal elements into different penal institutions of the country. A fact that the Minister of Justice, Jaime Gaja…

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This Tuesday, the West regional prosecutor, Marcos Pastén, announced a severe blow against organized crime and corruption. After an investigation that lasted for more than seven months, by the hands of the PDI and the Gendarmería, they managed to disrupt a network -which includes at least 44 gendarmes- that was dedicated to entering illegal elements into different penal institutions of the country. A fact that the Minister of Justice, Jaime Gaja…

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The West Prosecutor’s Office reported the results of the so-called “Operation Apocalypse,” a massive operation carried out in various regions of the country to disrupt a corruption network operating in Santiago 1 and San Joaquin prisons. This left a balance of 66 detainees, 44 of them Gendarmerie officials. According to the West Regional Prosecutor, Marcos Pastén, of the detained gendarmes 40 had a warrant in place and four others were caught co…

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After the mega-operation led by the Public Prosecutor's Office and the PDI, official senators highlighted the impact of the coup on organized crime, supported the initiatives promoted by the Executive and Congress, and warned that Gendarmería requires structural changes to prevent the penetration of criminal networks. Official senators referred to the results of Operation Apocalypse, a mega-operational operation led by the Public Prosecutor's Of…

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The Investigative Police (PDI) carried out several raids this morning to capture 66 accused in an investigation that seeks to dismantle a network of corruption made up of gendarmes and that operated in several prisons in the country. According to the authorities, police personnel carried out the operation in seven regions and the criminal network operated in at least nine prisons, mainly in Santiago Prison 1. In addition to the gendarmes, the cr…

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The dawn of this Tuesday, December 16, marks a turning point in the fight against prison corruption in Chile. It is the "Operation Apocalypse", a national procedure led by the West Metropolitan Regional Prosecutor's Office, under the leadership of the regional prosecutor Marcos Pastén. Police deployment is one of the most extensive and coordinated of recent years in the prison system. It contemplates 77 arrest warrants that were being carried ou…

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La Hora broke the news in on Tuesday, December 16, 2025.
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