Chile President Gabriel Boric Scraps Olympic Games Visit to Counter Crime Surge.

Chile President Gabriel Boric has canceled his trip to the Olympic Games in Paris in response to a recent surge in high-profile murders in the country. Boric will remain in Chile to push for the passage of legislation aimed at improving prison security and modernizing the government's intelligence apparatus. The government is also forming a task force to combat crime and implementing measures such as redistributing police officers and increasing oversight of the migrant population. While homicide rates had previously been declining, recent data shows an increase in murders in Santiago. [Extracted from the article]