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The government of Chile's new President Jose ⁠Antonio Kast carried out its first deportation ‌flight on Thursday, authorities said, fulfilling a campaign pledge to tighten immigration controls.

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00:01The government of Chilean President José Antonio Cast on Thursday carried out its first expulsion flight targeting irregular migrants and
00:10foreign nationals with criminal records as part of a new migration enforcement plan.
00:15The flight departed from Iquique, carrying 40 people bound for Bolivia, Colombia and Ecuador.
00:20At the morning, a flight was released from several countries, including Colombia, Ecuador, and Bolivia, with a number of 40
00:31foreign citizens of these nationalities, of which 26 are for administrative expulsions and 14 judges.
00:40Authorities said those expelled were convicted or accused of offenses, including robbery with intimidation or violence, as well as drug
00:49-related crimes.
00:50Right-wing leader Cast, who campaigned on a pledge to crack down on illegal immigration and link it to rising
00:56crime, has urged people in irregular situations to leave the country or face expulsion.
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