Overview

• The march drew roughly 2,000 participants from near La Moneda to the General Cemetery in Santiago.
• Police reported 57 arrests, including 11 adolescents, on allegations ranging from making and throwing incendiary devices to vandalism and carrying bladed weapons.
• Demonstrators threw stones, flares and Molotov cocktails as officers responded with tear gas and water cannon, with no injuries reported by authorities.
• Confrontations occurred near the presidential palace, at several crossroads and around the cemetery along the route.
• Held days before the coup’s 52nd anniversary, the event highlighted efforts to preserve memory of roughly 3,200 people killed or disappeared under the dictatorship.