High-tech theft in plain sight: Karen Doggenweiler's car key jammed and cloned
The journalist's SUV vanished in Providencia, from a well-lit, busy spot, with no visible damage. Everything points to an attack with a signal jammer and a cloned key.
On May 20, Marco Enríquez-Ominami had a Toyota RAV4 SUV belonging to his wife, journalist Karen Doggenweiler, stolen. It happened at the corner of Condell and Rancagua streets, in Providencia, a district of Santiago, around 11:00 p.m., in a well-lit, busy spot.
Most striking of all, the theft was completely silent, left no trace and was reportedly carried out in under 20 minutes. As Doggenweiler explained to several media outlets, Carabineros, Chile’s national police, told them the criminals had likely used a computer to clone the vehicle’s key.
Crimes like this show an evolution in criminal techniques: they act with precision, even in central areas, and without raising suspicion. The car disappeared without any visible damage, to the point that at first they thought they had simply parked it somewhere else.
Sources: La Tercera · Emol · BioBioChile · Mega