"REPORTS NEVER REACHED A CONCLUSION ABOUT CHUPACABRAS" 
 
In May 2002, Carlos Cantero, a senator for the Renovación Nacional party in Chile’s 2nd Region, requested a report from Francisco Segovia, governor of El Loa, to find out the information handled by official agencies in regard to the strange phenomenon that caused the deaths of hundreds of animals in the region. 
 
Faced with this request, which was presented even in the form of an official letter, Segovia forwarded Ordinary Official Letter No. 367 to the parliamentarian, dated May 29th, in response to the senator’s request. 
 
The document clearly stated that the Investigation Police and then sub-prefect of the Criminal Investigations Brigade, Adalberto Rehbein, that "As per the foregoing, the provincial government is advised that no reliable information was ever secured regarding new animal deaths in this jurisdiction, with the exception of press reports which ascribe the deaths of animals in the area to some strange animal. The presence of such was not detected." 
 
The Civil Police’s report also highlighted: "Likewise, our unit has not received reports in regard to strange animal deaths, nor has the order been received from local courts to look into this particular." 
 
However, these replies did not satisfy the senator, who told the local press that the phenomenon was still a matter of social interest and that it was not possible to speculate on what was really going on without verifiable background information, given the lack of scientific bases on which to make a theories on the subject. 
 
Today, three years after the deaths and when the subject remains on the domestic agenda, Senator Carlos Cantero stated that the reports furnished by the authorities of the time do not clarify the matter. "No report ever reached a reasonable conclusion. I am interested in the fact that there are is no solid proof to show their conclusions. There is something rotten going on and there never existed an official statement in this regard, to clarify what happened in the community." 
 
The parliamentarian ended by saying that "there is something very strange in all of this. I am a person who believes in what can be scientifically proven. However, the deaths were never explained through the sciences and many unanswered questions still remain." 
 
 
Translation (C) 2003. Scott Corrales, IHU. Special thanks to Gloria Coluchi.