SANTIAGO, Dec 14 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — A total of 56 Peruvian, Venezuelan, and Colombian citizens were expelled from Chile for having committed offenses or broken immigration laws, the authorities said.
The migrants, who left the country by plane, include ten Peruvians, five Colombians, and 41 Venezuelans, who will be taken to the capitals of their respective countries as part of a new expulsion process that finalized on Friday.
Interior Undersecretary Rodrigo Ubilla said that 12 individuals of that group were arrested for having participated in lootings that occurred after the social unrest that broke out on Oct 18; while 27 of them had arrived in Chile clandestinely.
He explained that most are being made to leave for not having abided by the mandatory measures established in immigration law to reside in that country.
Metropolitan Mayor Felipe Guevara commented that ‘foreigners are welcome in Chile, but only if they come to contribute, work, create better conditions for all, not to destroy, loot, and vandalize our city.’ — NNN-PRENSA LATINA
