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Investigative Police check more than 2,000 foreign nationals and find 347 with irregular immigration status
Security Minister Martín Arrau defended the police deployment and announced that the government would continue pushing to extend the detention period for migrants.

Unauthorized October 18 march leaves 29 detained and six police officers injured
Minister Martín Arrau called for those detained to face justice following incidents on the Alameda marking the anniversary of the social uprising.

Villa Alemana began installing nine smart surveillance poles
Minister of Public Security Martín Arrau and Mayor Nelson Estay led the start of construction in the municipality in the Valparaíso Region.

Kast postpones decision on A3C and sends Pavez to summit without ministers
Chile will attend the security meeting in Santo Domingo as an observer while the ruling coalition debates whether to join the United States coalition.

Kast convenes ministers to decide on Chile joining Trump's anti-crime coalition
Governing parties are pressing the government for Chile to join as a full member of the regional alliance, which meets on Tuesday in the Dominican Republic.

Kast's disapproval reaches 64% in Criteria poll, and Quiroz is the lowest-rated minister
Finance Minister Jorge Quiroz's positive rating fell to 28%, and 73% have little or no confidence that the government will correct course in 2027.

Criteria: Kast's approval falls to 27% and disapproval reaches 64%
The poll also assessed ministers: Ximena Rincón is the best known, and May Chomalí leads in positive opinion with 58%.

Former Undersecretary José Francisco Lagos joins presidential advisory team
The Kast government repeats a formula: officials removed from their posts return to La Moneda as advisers, as happened with Natalia Duco and Andrés Jouannet.

Congress approves increase from $70,000 to $248,000 a month for Carabineros students
The reform of the Carabineros career structure costs about $106 billion a year and allows the risk bonus to reach up to 100% of salary.

Minister Arrau welcomes Constitutional Court's rejection of opposition challenge to rules on the use of force over missed deadline
The Constitutional Court dismissed the opposition senators' challenge because it was filed after the promulgation decree was submitted to the Comptroller General's Office.

José Francisco Lagos joins La Moneda’s presidential advisory team
The former undersecretary of the General Secretariat of Government is the third former official from Kast’s government to return as a presidential adviser, after Duco and Jouannet.
Lagos joins presidential advisory team, becoming the third former official to return as an adviser
The former undersecretary of the Ministry General Secretariat of Government follows Jouannet and Duco as an adviser to Irarrázaval and could also take up a post at the OAS.
Kast criticizes police officers being put in the "dock"
At a Gope ceremony in Cerrillos, the President defended support for the police and highlighted the law on rules governing the use of force.

Arrau calls October 18 unrest in Santiago "outright criminality"
The public security minister announced criminal complaints against those detained and said there were fewer incidents this time but more violence than last year.

Minister Arrau promises sanctions after unrest on anniversary of social uprising
The public security minister reported around 30 arrests and six police officers injured, and said the evidence is already with prosecutors.

Police officers allowed to serve up to 41 years as Senate approves Municipal Security bill in principle
The police reform sets a higher service limit for future recruits, while a clash with the government stalled voting on individual provisions.

Congress approves increase from $70,000 to $248,000 for Carabineros students
The police career reform triples the funding in the original bill, adds civilians to administrative roles and now goes to the Constitutional Court.

Congress passes law reforming Carabineros career structure and incentives
The reform adds a quarterly bonus, monthly risk payments and higher salaries for police academy students.

Arrau prepares prison initiative with modular facilities and prison service reform
After the failure of the constitutional reform, the Ministry of Security is focusing on rapid prison construction and improving conditions for prison officers.

Government seeks to revive bill extending migrant detention in the Senate
The reform failed in the Chamber of Deputies by one vote, and its progress now depends on Vlado Mirosevic, the new chair of the Senate Constitution Committee.