Overview

• The Juzgado de Garantía de Arica formalized charges for illicit drug trafficking and association, sending all five suspects to prison custody.
• Investigators seized 11.6 kilograms of ketamine hidden in vehicle compartments along with three phones, two cars and 500 dollars in cash.
• The detainees include active PNP officers Rusbel Álvaro Chipana Tito and Fredy Benigno Vengoa Ccoa, with three civilian accomplices also held.
• Judge Paulina Zúñiga Lira ordered four detainees to the Acha prison in Arica and sent Deysi Laura Ochoa to the regional women’s facility.
• Authorities estimate the haul at about 46,600 doses worth roughly 699 million Chilean pesos, and they are probing possible ties to groups such as Los Gallegos and Tren de Aragua.