Man Who Won 1.4 Billion Lottery Shot Dead by Assailants... Nephew Also Part of Gang

In Chile, South America, a man who won the lottery was shot and killed by assailants on the street. It was revealed that one of the perpetrators was his nephew, sparking controversy.

On the 13th (local time), Chilean daily newspapers La Tercera and El Mercurio reported that on the 6th, a 52-year-old man was shot dead by robbers in the quiet rural village of Quiyota, Chile.

The victim had won 1 billion pesos (about 1.37 billion KRW) in the lottery last October and was on his way after withdrawing 30 million pesos (about 41 million KRW), a portion of the winnings, from the bank on the day of the incident.

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The police arrested four robbers through nearby CCTV footage and inquiries with acquaintances. Among them, one was identified as the victim’s 21-year-old nephew. It was reported that the nephew rode in the vehicle with his uncle and accompanied him near the bank on the day of the crime.

This is not the first violent incident targeting lottery winnings. In 2021, in a village in Chiapas, southern Mexico, an anonymous lottery winner donated winnings worth about 1.1 billion KRW to a kindergarten for facility improvements. However, a gang learned about this and threatened the villagers, causing great turmoil in the village. At that time, the gang threatened parents and kindergarten staff to hand over the prize money so they could buy weapons. Eventually, 28 households in the village abandoned their homes, livestock, and farmland to escape the threats and evacuated to a nearby city.

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