There was a shootout between the would-be robbers and safety officers that killed an worker of the Directorate Basic of Civil Aviation, or DGAC, in addition to an alleged assailant.
The opposite robbers fled. Two burned automobiles have been later discovered close by.
“The courageous motion by the DGAC officers pissed off the theft,” Monsalve mentioned, noting that the would-be robbers have been “extremely organized” and “very armed.”
Video posted on social media appeared to indicate bullet holes in a Delta airplane that was parked subsequent to the Latam plane that was focused. One other video seems to indicate a second within the shootout throughout which loads of gunshots might be heard.
“There was no threat to passengers,” DGAC chief Raúl Jorquera mentioned.
The tried heist focused the $32.5 million that have been set to be transferred to an armored truck to then be distributed to a number of banks within the South American nation.
The tried theft “will undoubtedly lead us to revise processes, protocols that should be improved … it forces us to rethink many issues,” Jorquera mentioned.
This was not the primary time the airport in Chile’s capital was focused. In 2020, thieves stole some $15 million from a warehouse within the airport, six years after an analogous $10 million heist.
President Gabriel Boric bemoaned the newest heist throughout a speech Wednesday during which he mentioned that “when there’s insecurity, all the things else wobbles.”
A rise in violent crime has contributed to a current decline in Boric’s approval scores, in response to polls.