Two people were killed in an attempted robbery that took place at Santiago de Chile’s international airport on Wednesday morning. The illicit reportedly occurred in the airport cargo area and involved a group of armed individuals attempting to steal a large sum of money.
According to preliminary information, one of the robbers was killed in the confrontation, while the other deceased was an official of the DGAC (Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil). According to this information, some LATAM and Delta airplanes were reportedly hit during the shooting.
Dos muertos por un tiroteo en la pista del aeropuerto Arturo Merino Benítez de Santiago de Chile
12 delincuentes pretendían robar un camión de caudales.
Dañaron a balazos aviones de Latam y Delta.@aviacionline @Radio10 @flysicardi @pablospot @AvionesDigital @SpottersArg pic.twitter.com/bM84GK2anA— Sergio Marino (@marinosergio) March 8, 2023
TWO DEAD IN A SHOOTOUT ON THE RUNWAY OF ARTURO MERINO BENÍTEZ AIRPORT IN SANTIAGO DE CHILE
12 CRIMINALS WERE TRYING TO STEAL A CARGO TRUCK.
DAMAGED LATAM AND DELTA AIRPLANES WITH BULLETS @AVIACIONLINE @RADIO10 @FLYSICARDI @PABLOSPOT @AVIONESDIGITAL @SPOTTERSARG PIC.TWITTER.COM/BM84GK2ANA
– SERGIO MARINO (@MARINOSERGIO) MARCH 8, 2023
The robbery took place at around 7:30 local time. The armed robbers, who according to initial information would be about 12, were unable to carry out the illicit and had to escape from the place. Shortly afterwards, two vehicles were found burned, which were allegedly used by the criminals to escape.
The authorities are investigating the incident and have not yet made any arrests, although two individuals were admitted to a hospital nearby with gunshot wounds, and it is suspected they could be related to the event.
This incident has raised concerns about airport security in Chile and throughout Latin America. In recent years, there have been several high-profile airport robberies in the region, including in Brazil and Mexico.
Airport cargo truck robberies in Latin America and the Caribbean occur with relative frequency. One of the most recent high-profile cases was in July 2019 when criminals stole 750 kilograms of gold at São Paulo/Guarulhos airport, and in April of the same year, armed men robbed a cargo area at Guanajuato airport, making off with $3 million in goods.
Just a year earlier, in 2018, São Paulo also suffered a million-dollar robbery, when a commando group intercepted the transfer of US$5 million being unloaded from a Lufthansa flight and was about to be distributed by a cash truck.
This is a developing story.
Problema de Chile es que esta infiltrado de delincuentes desde que Bitchell Bitchellet habrio las fronteras. Los cartles estan solidificando su nuevo terreno. Tan lindo pais siendo destruido.
Los comunistas en Chile siempre destruyen todos los avances logrados. Si el país esta en caos, ellos están en la gloria.
Y lo peor es que “el merluzo” no solucionará nada. Los que pusieron ‘merluizo” en el poder, son los mismo que destabilizaron Chile