A funeral developed this Friday in the Temuco Municipal Cemetery caused fear and shock among neighbors as a result of launching of fireworks and flares, a totally unusual situation in that area.
The event was attended by a considerable number of motorists carrying balloons and launching flares into the air during the way to the cemetery, specifically on the outskirts of the Temuco Prisonlocated on the corner of Balmaceda and Miraflores streets.
«WE WILL NOT TOLERATE THAT TYPE OF CULTURE»
The presidential delegate of La Araucanía, Jose Montalvaruled out that the situation was a «narcofuneral»but he specified that «with the background we have – provided by Carabineros – is that, in the context of a funeral, people passed by a certain place and set off some fireworks.»
«I want to say it very clearly: We are not going to allow this and it will be investigated to the last consequences. with the aim that nothing that even resembles a drug funeral is ever carried out in our region, neither in the commune of Temuco nor in any other commune,» Montalva added.
«We will not tolerate that type of culture»the authority emphasized.
Neighbors near the aforementioned cemetery They requested an investigation -both to Citizen Security and to Carabineros- to clarify the reason of the launch of the pyrotechnics.
However, the efforts carried out by both institutions this afternoon have not obtained major results.