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Chile police chief resigns after officers shoot adolescents

By AFP
November 20, 2020

SANTIAGO: Chile’s police chief resigned on Thursday after officers shot two minors in an incident that sparked outrage across a country already alarmed at heavy handed security force tactics during months of social protests. President Sebastian Pinera said in a statement he had accepted the resignation of Mario Rozas, saying he shared "the reasons and arguments" he had given for resigning.