SECURITYSEATTLE TIMES
Chile moves hundreds of inmates to a new prison as President Kast ramps up security push
The Chilean government transferred nearly 300 of the country’s most dangerous inmates to a new maximum-security prison. This action was taken as President José Antonio Kast seeks to regain momentum regarding his key campaign pledge to combat organized crime.
Mentioned
Related Signal
Adjacent reporting
- Chile's hard-right Kast renews crime, migration crackdown pledge
- In Uruguay, Kast urges harsher penalties for crime leaders and total prison isolation
- Panama to Build a Maximum-Security Prison to Lock Away Gang Bosses
- Sixty deputies ask Kast to pardon officers convicted over the 2019 unrest
- Uruguay and Chile agree to coordinate against organized crime after an Orsi-Kast summit