carabineros

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• Thus, included in a package of constitutional amendments that he sent to Congress were two important items: (1) an amendment to enable the president to remove commanders of the military services, and (2) a proposal to place the Carabineros under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Interior.

  Academic text (1992)

• The Carabineros officer was apparently killed when he tried to stop the looting of a supermarket in the northern district of Quilicura.

  Blog text (13)

• Officially, internal intelligence gathering is in the hands of Investigaciones and Carabineros.

  Academic text (1992)

• The military also chooses four senators from former military commanders of each service: the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Carabineros.

  Academic text (1992)

• Leaders of both UDI and RN insisted that the Carabineros should remain under the Ministry of Defense in order to be exempt from political interference.

  Academic text (1992)

• Moderate: Despite the well-known human rights abuses of the Pinochet years, the military and Carabineros were not able to avoid accountability to civilians altogether.

  Academic text (1992)

• The negotiators also demanded that "the organic structures and hierarchy of the Armed Forces and Carabineros, the systems of selection, and disciplinary norms be preserved" (Alexander: 127).

  Academic text (1992)

• The leaders of Concertación believe that the Carabineros became a militarized and repressive force under Pinochet, and that the police displayed a greater interest in repressing dissidence than common crime.

  Academic text (1992)

• The Sept. 11 anniversary of Chile's 1973 coup exploded into a night of street battles in Santiago that ended with one officer of the Carabineros dead, 26 people wounded, and 255 arrested, including 83 minors.

  Blog text (13)

• The Constitution assigns primary responsibility for internal law and order to the Carabineros.

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