Chilean Gendarmería probes unauthorized religious ceremony for high-profile detainee at Valdivia hospital

The Chilean Gendarmería has launched an administrative investigation following reports that a 'guillatún' (Mapuche religious ceremony) was performed for Carlos Esteban Cancino Tapia, a detainee accused of murdering two carabineros, while he was at the Valdivia base hospital. The incident has triggered cross-party political criticism regarding security protocols and potential preferential treatment for high-risk inmates. It remains unclear how the ceremony was authorized or if internal security regulations were breached.