SantiagoMayors under protection around the capital doubled to 8, prosecutors say.
Criminal groups target officials who obstruct them, testing Chile’s President Kast.
Police uncovered a plot to kill San Bernardo’s mayor while hunting an escaped prisoner, and 18 prosecutors now have protection.
Investigators are still determining why the 27 September shooting that killed Carabinero Cristopher Aguilera began.
How each outlet framed it
- InSight Crime leans critical
- ties the Lo Espejo killing and a foiled plot on San Bernardo's mayor to the wider pattern of organized crime targeting officials
Sources: InSight Crime