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Chile's 60,000-strong carabinier (Police) force were fully mobilized with officers on 16 hour shifts (with a 4-hour break in between) 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 in northern Chile.<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 60,000-strong carabinier (Police) force were fully mobilized with officers on 16 hour shifts (with a 4-hour break in between) 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 in northern Chile.<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 the Chilean Marine Corps since the mopping-up operations in Viña del Mar during the 1973 military coup that removed Marxist President Salvador Allende from power.

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 and army 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 the Chilean Marine Corps since the mopping-up operations conducted in Viña del Mar during the 1973 military coup that removed Marxist President Salvador Allende from power.

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 serious injuries maintaining law and order during the nationwide protests with 140 police officers badly wounded in the violence.<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 serious injuries maintaining law and order during the nationwide protests with 140 police officers badly wounded in the violence.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UriwQwdmCgI Director de Carabineros: “Nos quieren criminalizar por cumplir un mandato constitucional”]</ref>

On 30th October, T13 in a follow-up report claimed that 919 carabiniers had been wounded/injured and interviewed several male and female police officers―from their hospital beds―that had been seriously wounded in the clashes with the violent protesters armed with rocks, petrol bombs and dumdum bullets fired from slingshots.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHHGo7UabRQ Registran 919 Carabineros heridos en la última semana]</ref>

On 30th October, T13 in a follow-up report claimed that 919 carabiniers had been wounded/injured and interviewed several male and female police officers―from their hospital beds―that had been seriously wounded in the clashes with the violent protesters armed with rocks, petrol bombs and dumdum bullets fired from slingshots.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHHGo7UabRQ Registran 919 Carabineros heridos en la última semana]</ref>