Sebastián Piñera dies: President Gabriel Boric underlined that “he contributed to building great agreements”

President Gabriel Boric reported this Tuesday afternoon the death of former president Sebastián Piñera, who had an accident aboard his helicopter in the municipality of Lago Ranco, in the Los Ríos region. “President Piñera contributed his vision to building great agreements for the good of the country. He was a democrat from the first moment and sincerely sought what he believed was best for the country. For example, when he undertook the reconstruction of the country after the earthquake of February 27, 2010, or when he risked with great determination and audacity to save the 33 miners of the San José mine, or even, more recently, in managing the pandemic in times of global uncertainty”he underlined.

On La Moneda national television, the President said regarding the death of his predecessor: “With deep regret I wish to express my condolenceswhich I personally passed on to his daughters, his family, all the people close to him and those who were part of his two governments”.

The Head of State confirmed that he had given instructions to former president Piñera “be dismissed with a state funeral and three days of national mourning declared to honor the memory of someone who was elected president of Chile on two occasions.”

The Minister of the Interior, Carolina Tohá, reported this in a previous press point regarding the plane on which the former president was travelling. three other crew members were, who managed to get out and reach the shore on their own and reach safety. However, the government authority explained that this was not the case with the former head of state.

The event occurred in the Iliue sector, where heavy rains occurred on Tuesday. The police received the report at 2.57pm reporting the accident. The first to arrive were the uniformed police and the Navy.