Chile's government, through the National Migration Service, filed a criminal complaint with prosecutors over the suspected trafficking of minors after more than 200 Haitian children and teenagers who entered the country in 2025 could not be located. File Photo by Alberto Valdes/EPA
June 16 (UPI) -- Chile's government, through the National Migration Service, filed a criminal complaint with prosecutors over the suspected trafficking of minors after more than 200 Haitian children and teenagers who entered the country in 2025 could not be located.
According to the complaint, the minors arrived in Chile between January and October 2025 on non-scheduled commercial flights, the migration agency said in a statement Monday.
"The report of a massive and uncontrolled entry of Haitian children into Chile during 2025 is extremely serious and requires the highest level of attention," Chilean President Jose Antonio Kast said.
A joint review conducted by the National Migration Service, the Comptroller General's Office and the Investigative Police detected that a closed group of at least 12 adults, both Chilean and foreign nationals, repeatedly entered the country from Haiti.
