Codelco Chairman Suffers Minor Injuries After Package Explodes
Codelco Chairman Suffers Minor Injuries After Package Explodes
By PASCALE BONNEFOY
JAN. 13, 2017
Mr. Landerretche in Valparaiso,
Chile, in November.
Credit Rodrigo Garrido/Reuters
SANTIAGO, Chile — The chairman of the board of the state-owned copper company Codelco and a domestic worker suffered minor injuries when an explosive device in a gift-wrapped package blew up after it was delivered to the executive’s home in Santiago on Friday afternoon.
No one has claimed responsibility for the attack. An unidentified woman delivered the package, which had a return address from the economics department of the University of Chile, where he worked for a time.
Although some political leaders have labeled it a terrorist attack, it is unclear whether it was politically motivated, and why the chairman of the company’s board of directors, Óscar Landerretche, or the company would be a target.
Chile is the world’s largest copper producer. Nearly 65 percent of Codelco’s copper exports go to Asia, including more than 40 percent to China.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/13/world/americas/chile-oscar-landerretche-codelco-bomb.html?_r=0
