In an emotional speech, the General Director of Carabineros, Marcelo Araya, announced the posthumous promotion of Javier Figueroa, an officer who died in Puerto Varas after being shot during an operation. The funeral ceremony was marked by the speech of the highest authority of the uniformed police, who could not hold back tears while honoring the fallen second sergeant. "The sadness that overwhelms us today will be permanent because we lost one of our own (...
) We will never forget him and we will not cease in our efforts to find those responsible," he said. "Given all that has been presented and his remarkable qualities, along with the tragic circumstances surrounding his departure, in the exercise of my powers as General Director, I have ordered an extraordinary posthumous promotion to the rank of Major Subofficial in order to thank and value his work, which had the sole objective of providing security to Chile and its citizens," Araya stated. Additionally, he announced the renaming of the Puerto Varas police station, which will now be called the First Police Station of Puerto Varas Major Subofficial Javier Figueroa Manquemilla.