The Specialization of Police Services Under the Dictatorship of Carlos Ibáñez del Campo: Between the Social Function of Carabineros and the Political-Police Imprint of Investigaciones (1927-1931)

Abstract

The present article has as its objective the proposition that between years 1927 and 1931 takes place a specialization of the investigation services, which was supported by the statement of different decrees and norms. These were supported by the structure stablished by Carabineros from the starting point of the fall of Ibáñez’s presidency in 1931. Therefore, this moment is situated as the first inflection process in the differentiation between these two institutions.