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SANTIAGO, Chile — An airport shootout in Chile’s capital killed a safety officer and an alleged robber Wednesday in what authorities stated was an tried heist of greater than $32 million in money aboard a airplane from Miami.
Round 10 closely armed robbers have been in a position to skirt safety measures to succeed in the runway on the Arturo Merino Benítez Worldwide Airport, the place a Latam airways plane had $32.5 million in money that was being transferred to an armored truck, Inside Subsecretary Manuel Monsalve stated.
There was a shootout between the would-be robbers and safety officers that killed an worker of the Directorate Basic of Civil Aviation, or DGAC, in addition to an alleged assailant.
The opposite robbers fled. Two burned autos have been later discovered close by.
“The courageous motion by the DGAC officers annoyed the theft,” Monsalve stated, noting that the would-be robbers have been “extremely organized” and “very armed.”
Video posted on social media appeared to indicate bullet holes in a Delta airplane that was parked subsequent to the Latam plane that was focused. One other video seems to indicate a second within the shootout throughout which plenty of gunshots could be heard.
“There was no threat to passengers,” DGAC chief Raúl Jorquera stated.
The tried heist focused the $32.5 million that have been set to be transferred to an armored truck to then be distributed to a number of banks within the South American nation.
The tried theft “will undoubtedly lead us to revise processes, protocols that have to be improved … it forces us to rethink many issues,” Jorquera stated.
This was not the primary time the airport in Chile’s capital was focused. In 2020, thieves stole some $15 million from a warehouse within the airport, six years after an identical $10 million heist.
President Gabriel Boric bemoaned the most recent heist throughout a speech Wednesday during which he stated that “when there’s insecurity, every part else wobbles.”
A rise in violent crime has contributed to a current decline in Boric’s approval rankings, in accordance with polls.