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Kast Responds to Criticism for Transferring Prisoners to Prison in Talca and Points to Former Authorities: “Here Are More than Just Words”

Summary by La Tercera
Several political figures, including former ministers of the government of Gabriel Boric, have reacted to the operation that contemplates the transfer of inmates from Santiago to the La Laguna prison complex in Talca. In the face of this, Kast decided not to remain silent and to answer the questions.

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Government authorities deny that the executive has imitated Bukele’s style in El Salvador in the massive transfer of prisoners to La Laguna prison

·Madrid, Spain
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Official representatives defended the massive transfer of inmates to La Laguna de Talca prison and strongly questioned the criticisms made by the former authorities of the government of Gabriel Boric, Carolina Tohá and Luis Cordero, who pointed against the media exhibition of the operation. The controversy was generated after the so-called “Operativa Cancerbero”, by which Gendarmería ... Continue reading “Officerismo accuses Tohá and Cordero’s “…

·Concepción, Chile
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Several political figures, including former ministers of the government of Gabriel Boric, have reacted to the operation that contemplates the transfer of inmates from Santiago to the La Laguna prison complex in Talca. In the face of this, Kast decided not to remain silent and to answer the questions.

·Las Condes, Chile
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To train in orange and blue suits for the inspection of the gendarmes; to travel handcuffed in the corridors; to have two hours and 15 minutes of patio per day after spending most of the day in an individual cell —with a fixed bed, table and concrete chair, as well as a bathroom with shower and sink—are part of the conditions of the maximum security section of La Laguna, repopulated in Operation Cancer. The new. Images of prisoners dressed in or…

On the ground, the governor inspected the operation of the transfer of high-risk prisoners to the high-security modules of the new prison facility in Talca. The procedure is the largest one ever carried out by the Gendarmerie and is part of the Agenda against Organized Crime and Terrorism (ACOT).

During yesterday’s day, the so-called Operation Cancer, a government deployment that transferred more than 700 highly dangerous prisoners to the La Laguna prison complex, in the vicinity of Talca. This action, which included leaders of organized crime gangs, has generated intense debate over its audiovisual staging, which many have compared with the strategies of Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele. Former Minister of Public Security, Luis Cordero…

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La Hora broke the news on Thursday, August 13, 2026.
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