{"id":30077,"date":"2023-03-09T07:51:32","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T07:51:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/?p=30077"},"modified":"2023-03-09T07:51:34","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T07:51:34","slug":"authorities-at-a-chilean-airport-stop-a-32-5-million-theft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/2023\/03\/09\/authorities-at-a-chilean-airport-stop-a-32-5-million-theft\/","title":{"rendered":"Authorities\u00a0at\u00a0a\u00a0Chilean\u00a0airport\u00a0stop\u00a0a\u00a0$32.5\u00a0million\u00a0theft\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A foiled multimillion dollar heist at\u00a0Chile\u2019s largest airport has left two dead and highlighted concerns of rising crime in the Andean nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\" id=\"a32b3639-1f78-423f-94ec-9907a42e51a9\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/mar\/02\/new-easter-island-moai-statue-discovered-in-volcano-crater\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/b77ea8e39c66e96e06f7be7ff37927cdac05bdcb\/0_190_6000_3600\/master\/6000.jpg?width=460&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=6ccf3875d9519d82126cc7ef86080b64\" alt=\"A 1.6-metre moai that was discovered in the dried bed of the Rano Raraku lake on Easter Island\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Footage widely shared on social media shows a shootout between robbers and officials from Chile\u2019s DGAC aviation agency below a Latam Airlines plane at the Arturo Merino Ben\u00edtez international airport in Santiago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Authorities said one robber and a DGAC airport security official died during the attempted robbery early on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At La Moneda presidential palace in Santiago, Manuel Monsalve, the deputy interior minister, said about 10 robbers entered the airport in three vehicles after tying up a security guard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere was an intense exchange of gunfire,\u201d Monsalve said, noting that security officials \u201cfoiled a robbery by a highly organized, highly armed and probably very well-planned robbery\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The plane, which had arrived from Miami, was carrying $32.5m to be transported locally by security provider Brinks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Raul Jorquera, general director of the DGAC, told reporters that no passengers were at risk during the encounter, and that the robbers had \u201chigh capacity firepower\u201d to steal the money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Organized crime in Chile has spiked in recent years, including elaborate train heists and a string of raids targeting security vans on or near Santiago airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2020, a group of armed men\u00a0stole $14m and \u20ac1m (\u00a311.6m) from a Brinks security van\u00a0at the same airport.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A foiled multimillion dollar heist at\u00a0Chile\u2019s largest airport has left two dead and highlighted concerns of rising crime in the Andean nation. Footage widely shared on social media shows a shootout between robbers and officials from Chile\u2019s DGAC aviation agency below a Latam Airlines plane at the Arturo Merino Ben\u00edtez international airport in Santiago. 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