If lawmakers moved that package in four months, he said, they should approve his organized crime agenda before Christmas. Prosecutors estimated that about 38 percent were connected to organized crime, often involving extortion or disputes among criminal groups. Cells linked to Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua receive the most attention, but describing organized crime as purely imported is incomplete. Organized crime is concentrated in metropolitan Santiago, northern regions including Arica y Parinacota, Tarapacá and Antofagasta, and ports such as Valparaíso and San Antonio. After a virtual meeting with President Rodrigo Paz, he called organized crime a continental threat and promised deeper border cooperation.