The security crisis in Chile gives no respite to Boric: mayors of different stripes ask for soldiers against crime. One of the most highly rated members of the ruling Frente Amplio, the mayor of the popular Maipú, Tomás Vodanovic, leads a request that puts pressure on the Government.

The use of the military in urban areas, he assured, “requires a discussion.” “I am not closing myself” Boric insisted after Matthei's words.