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President Kast signs constitutional reform to empower state tools against organized crime, aiming for enactment before year-end.

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Chilean President José Antonio Kast signed a constitutional reform bill Monday that anchors his government's agenda of more than 30 bills against organized crime.
The government's package includes a new state-of-emergency provision allowing armed forces deployment, a registry of criminal organizations and separate high-security prisons for criminal leaders.
The bills would streamline the seizure of illicit assets, extend the flagrante delicto arrest window to 24 hours and increase penalties for serious crimes.
Former prosecutor Luis Toledo said expectations about the agenda's impact should be conservative, describing near-term gains as possible but structural reversal of organized crime's penetration as another matter.
Risk management expert Alfonso Kaiser said the plan lacks clear objectives, questioning how the government would measure results.

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