Caracas, Venezuela (CNN) -- Venezuelan investigators have detained 12 police officials following the shooting death of a Chilean diplomat's teenage daughter. Karen Berendique, 19, died Saturday from gunshot wounds after Venezuelan police shot at the vehicle she was riding in with her brother in the coastal city of Maracaibo, officials said. Her father, Chilean Honorary Consul Fernando Berendique, told reporters that police pointed guns at the car and opened fire when it didn't stop at a checkpoint. The car had six bullet holes in it, he said. "It is a product of the irresponsibility and a product of the disrespect for human life here, an act of officials that had little experience, and this is the consequence. ... They cut short the life of my brilliant, 19-year-old daughter," he told reporters.
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Chilean Honorary Consul Fernando Berendique criticizes "disrespect for human life"
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He says police shot at the car his daughter was riding in when it didn't stop at a checkpoint
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Venezuelan officials condemn the shooting and say those responsible will be punished
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Chile's foreign ministry calls for a swift investigation
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