A 15-year-old teenager was placed in provisional detention after his formalization for allegedly having participated in a series of robberies of drivers in the Metropolitan Region. Among these was the trap that journalist Mónica Rincón suffered in the early hours of Tuesday, October 20, at the junction of Route 5 North and Costanera Norte.
The arrest of the juvenile offender was carried out this Saturday by detectives from the Central North Robbery Brigade (Biro) of the Investigations Police (PDI). The capture took place at a property in the commune of Huechuraba.
The preliminary investigation linked the minor to a series of robberies that occurred during the night of Monday the 19th and the early hours of Tuesday, October 20. The subject is said to have participated in a crime spree that began in the commune of Pudahuel.
Inspector Nicolás Cifuentes, of the Central North Biro, detailed that "the investigation covered various crimes committed (...) where a criminal group, in an organized manner, using firearms and firing them, managed to steal various vehicles at different points in the Metropolitan Region."
In addition, he noted that the Central North Biro continues to carry out operations with the aim of capturing the criminal gang, "since it participated in various incidents, one of which affected a well-known national network journalist."
In turn, prosecutor Marcelo Soto, of the Eastern Prosecutor's Office, stated that the detainee p…
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A 15-year-old teenager was placed in provisional detention after being formally charged for allegedly participating in a series of robberies of drivers in the Metropolitan Region. Among these was the holdup suffered by journalist Mónica Rincón in the early morning of Tuesday, October 20, at the junction of Route 5 North and Costanera Norte. The juvenile offender's arrest took place this Saturday, carried out by detectives from the Central North Robbery Brigade (Biro) of the Investigative Police (PDI). The capture occurred at a property in the commune of Huechuraba. The preliminary investigation linked the minor to a series of robberies that occurred during the night of Monday the 19th and the early morning of Tuesday, October 20. The subject allegedly took part in a crime spree that began in the commune of Pudahuel. Inspector Nicolás Cifuentes of the Biro Centro Norte detailed that "the investigation covered various crimes committed (...) in which a criminal group, in an organized manner, using firearms and firing them, managed to steal various vehicles at different points in the Metropolitan Region." In addition, he noted that the Biro Centro Norte continues to carry out procedures aimed at capturing the criminal gang, "since it participated in various incidents, one of which affected a well-known national television journalist." In turn, prosecutor Marcelo Soto of the Eastern Prosecutor's Office stated that the detainee appeared before a court for a detention hearing during the day. The prosecutor also gave details of the crime prior to the one that affected Rincón. "(The teenager) took part in a crime that occurred on October 19, at approximately 10 p.m., in which they accosted a woman who was traveling with her minor child, intimidating her with a firearm and then stealing her vehicle and fleeing the scene, being recognized by the victims in this case," he stated. "In addition to this being under investigation and linked to this robbery, another incident occurred two hours later on the same Costanera Norte, in which a well-known national journalist was accosted in the same manner, under the same circumstances, and also with shots fired from a firearm," prosecutor Soto added.