CLThe article reports on the acquisition of the Las Mercedes dairy farm by three individuals associated with CHL Capital, a financial investment firm. Canio Corbo, Tomás Hurtado, and Nicolás Larraín, who are partners in CHL Capital, formed a separate agricultural company to enter the dairy industry. They became minority shareholders in the Sociedad Agrícola Las Mercedes Limitada, which owns a 500-hectare property in La Unión, southern region of Los Ríos, housing approximately 1,200 milking cows and a milk processing plant. The farm is a cooperative partner of Colun, Chile’s most recognized dairy brand. The acquisition was facilitated through connections made by the Bertens brothers, Eric Oliver and Jorge Andrés Bertens Nebauer, who are known for their involvement in fintech and aquaculture. The Bertens were introduced to the opportunity by a contact in Osorno, where they had previously worked and conducted business. The land was owned by the German family Köster Grob through two companies, Inversiones Cudico Limitada and Kacinco S.A., and was sold at 100% to the new investors.
Bias read (Center): The article presents factual information about a business transaction involving agricultural and financial interests without overtly favoring any political ideology. It provides background on the involved parties and their business activities without taking a clear ideological stance. While the sale
