Security agents detained two individuals in the last few hours in the Chilean city of Viña del Mar for its alleged responsibility in the beginning of the chain of fires forests that have devastated the surroundings of this town and its neighbor Valparaiso and that so far have caused more than 110 deaths and thousands of victims.

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According to the head of National Defense in the provinces of Valparaíso and Marga Marga, Rear Admiral Daniel Muñoz, he explained that the suspects were arrested after the incident. of curfew decreed on Sunday after being sighted from a helicopter in the surroundings of the Botanic Garden, which was completely destroyed.

After confirming the arrest, the Chilean authorities have once again called for collaboration but also for prudence and to report before taking the law into their own hands and making mistakes, such as the attempted lynching of a man last Saturday, who neighbors mistakenly believed was carrying fire accelerant.

The President of the Republic, Gabriel Boric, assured yesterday Sunday that this is the greatest tragedy that Chile has suffered since the deadly earthquake of 2010.



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