Chile fines Chinese mafia inmate after cocaine found at maximum-security prison
A Chilean court on Monday fined a Chinese man caught with cocaine inside a Santiago prison, where he is being held on charges of homicide, kidnapping and drug trafficking. It was the second such ruling in five involving a Chinese inmate in five months, with prosecutors linking the two men to the same criminal network. Officers had searched Haifeng Tang at Santiago Uno prison on August 12, a day…
In Santiago, Chile, a Chinese man named Haifeng Tang was fined 71,649 pesos (US$75) on August 12 for carrying cocaine in La Laguna, the nation's maximum-security prison. Tang was being held on charges such as homicide, kidnapping, and drug trafficking. This fine was the second in five months for a Chinese inmate caught with drugs in a prison; the first occurred in March.
The Seventh Guarantee Court of Santiago ruled on the fine, giving Tang the option to pay or serve up to six months in prison. This incident posed a setback for President Jose Antonio Kast's security operation, Operation Cancerbero, since Tang had been cleared for transfer despite carrying cocaine.
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