“We Were Not Heard, that’s Why the Idea of Closing the Unenforced Steps Was Born”: Deputy Videla and Criticisms From the Minister of Defense

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Deputy Sebastián Videla defended the excavation of ditches financed with his own resources to block the unauthorized border crossings in the Ollagüe area, roads that are used by organized crime for the traffic of stolen vehicles. The legislator assured that the idea was proposed to the central government authorities during the four years of the outgoing administration and that it was not heard, which motivated his decision to reach the border wi…