Attacks for Anniversary of the Coup d’Etat in Chile

At least eleven demonstrators were arrested after facing the Carabineros (Chilean national law enforcement police) and having damaged La Moneda palace, the Carabinero mausoleum and the tomb of former far-right wing senator Jaime Guzmán during the traditional Romería, the march in memory of the victims of the US-backed Coup d’etat of Chile and the fascist dictatorship which followed, in the streets of the capital, Santiago de Chile. Guzmán, who was a close advisor to Pinochet, was assassinated by members of the communist urban guerrilla group Manuel Rodriguez Patriotic Front in 1991.

Among those arrested, two are accused of having caused serious troubles, three of having engaged in disturbances of public order, three of having damaged La Moneda, one of having lit fireworks. The hooded demonstrators crossed the fence of the perimeter of the presidential palace and damaged one of the entries. Later, the Carabineros dispersed them using water and gas cannons. Subsequently, serious clashes took place at La Alameda, the main avenue of Santiago. Hooded militants used fireworks and Molotov cocktails.