Fox News Latino reported the following story: Groups of youths in this capital and other Chilean cities battled with police early Friday on Día del Joven Combatiente which is translated as The Day of the Young Combatant. This day, March 29, commemorates the killing of two activists during the 1973-1990 Pinochet regime. Twenty-two people were arrested in Santiago from March 29 to March 30 this year, on this day. One police officer was injured because he had been hit numerous times with rocks. These disturbances began late Thursday in poor neighborhoods of Santiago. Masked young people raised barricades, burned vehicles, and fired guns. The police responded with tear gas and water cannons.
From a historical point of view, The Day of the Young Combatant marks the deaths of brothers Rafael and Eduardo Vergara Toledo, leftist militants killed by the security forces on March 29, 1985, during a protest in Santiago's Villa Francia neighborhood against General Augusto Pinochet's rule. Additional police were deployed in Santiago neighborhoods that are often trouble spots on the Day of the Young Combatant and the extra cops remained on the streets through Saturday.
In recent years, the people of Santiago have witnessed an increase in the number of violent incidents associated with the anniversary.
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