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Chile's 20,000-strong carabinier (Police) force were fully mobilized with officers on 12 hour shifts with convoy patrols, Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm Bo 105 helicopters, street barricades, tactical command centers, and reinforcements from the Anfofogasta based 1st (Desert) Army Infantry Division, the local Santiago Army Garrison and Marines from Carriel Sur.<ref>[https://www.infodefensa.com/latam/2019/10/21/noticia-gobierno-chile-decreta-estado-emergencia-violencia-saqueos.html Chile despliega soldados y policías tras decretar el Estado de Emergencia]</ref>

Chile's 20,000-strong carabinier (Police) force were fully mobilized with officers on 12 hour shifts with convoy patrols, Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm Bo 105 helicopters, street barricades, tactical command centers, and reinforcements from the Anfofogasta based 1st (Desert) Army Infantry Division, the local Santiago Army Garrison and Marines from Carriel Sur.<ref>[https://www.infodefensa.com/latam/2019/10/21/noticia-gobierno-chile-decreta-estado-emergencia-violencia-saqueos.html Chile despliega soldados y policías tras decretar el Estado de Emergencia]</ref>

On the seventh day, 2,000 soldiers of the 21st 'Miller' and 31st 'Aldea' Marine Infantry Battalions and 1,500 Marines of the 41st 'Hurtado' Combat Support and 51st 'Olave' Logistic Support Battalions arrived to reinforce the police forces already in the coastal cities of Valparaíso, Viña del Mar and Talcahuano.<ref>[https://www.infodefensa.com/latam/2019/10/25/noticia-infanteria-marina-chile-despliega-estado-emergencia.html La Infantería de Marina de Chile despliega sus Kia ante el Estado de Emergencia]</ref>It was the first significant amphibious operation by marine troops since the occupation of Viña del Mar during the 1973 military coup.

On the seventh day, 2,000 soldiers of the 21st 'Miller' and 31st 'Aldea' Marine Infantry Battalions and 1,500 Marines of the 41st 'Hurtado' Combat Support and 51st 'Olave' Logistic Support Battalions arrived to reinforce the police forces already in the coastal cities of Valparaíso, Viña del Mar and Talcahuano.<ref>[https://www.infodefensa.com/latam/2019/10/25/noticia-infanteria-marina-chile-despliega-estado-emergencia.html La Infantería de Marina de Chile despliega sus Kia ante el Estado de Emergencia]</ref>It was the first significant amphibious operation by marine troops since the mopping-up operations of Viña del Mar during the 1973 military coup.

In an interview with ''Tele 13'' (T13) on October 29th, General Mario Alberto Rozas-Córdova, commander of the Chilean Police revealed that over 800 carabiniers had sustained injuries maintaining law and order during the nationwide protests with 140 police officers badly wounded.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UriwQwdmCgI Director de Carabineros: “Nos quieren criminalizar por cumplir un mandato constitucional”]</ref>

In an interview with ''Tele 13'' (T13) on October 29th, General Mario Alberto Rozas-Córdova, commander of the Chilean Police revealed that over 800 carabiniers had sustained injuries maintaining law and order during the nationwide protests with 140 police officers badly wounded.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UriwQwdmCgI Director de Carabineros: “Nos quieren criminalizar por cumplir un mandato constitucional”]</ref>