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Chile’s Seventh Guarantee Court fines inmate Tang for cocaine

9/1/2026

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Chile’s Seventh Guarantee Court fined Chinese inmate Haifeng Tang for possessing cocaine in Santiago prison.
The court set the fine at 71,649 pesos (US$75) or up to six months imprisonment if unpaid.
Tang also faces homicide, kidnapping, drug-trafficking, weapons possession and criminal-association charges.
Officers searched Tang on August 12 at Santiago Uno prison, finding two sealed bags with about one gram of cocaine.
Prosecutors say the two Chinese inmates belong to the same criminal network, challenging President Jose Antonio Kast’s tough prison policy.

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Chile’s Seventh Guarantee Court fined Chinese inmate Haifeng Tang for possessing cocaine in Santiago prison.
The court set the fine at 71,649 pesos (US$75) or up to six months imprisonment if unpaid.
Tang also faces homicide, kidnapping, drug-trafficking, weapons possession and criminal-association charges.
Officers searched Tang on August 12 at Santiago Uno prison, finding two sealed bags with about one gram of cocaine.
Prosecutors say the two Chinese inmates belong to the same criminal network, challenging President Jose Antonio Kast’s tough prison policy.