Police have defused a letter bomb found near the main entrance to the heavily guarded US Embassy in Santiago, Chile.
Police said embassy security personnel alerted them to the suspicious envelope. It is understood to have contained a small amount of explosive, and local radio said it also contained anti-US pamphlets.
A government official said an official report was being prepared but that no arrests had been made.
No one immediately took responsibility, and it was not clear how the envelope was left near the embassy, where security has been reinforced since the September 11th attacks on the US.
AP
