Weekly Report - 02 October 2014 (WR-14-39)

Chile’s President Michelle Bachelet has sent a bill to congress to modify the structure of the public ministry by creating a Fiscalía de Alta Complejidad (prosecutor’s office for high complexity) to investigate crimes like the recent spate of bombings in the country, as well as serious economic crimes. The very name of the new body is a fair indication of the bafflement which characterises the response of the Chilean authorities to the bombings in terms of the identity and motivation of the perpetrators.

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