The inn’s entrance burned down in a Mapuche attack. video capture of photos
The conflict between some hardline Mapuche factions and the Chilean state added a new chapter. Local media reported that there was a arson at the Kütralkura de Curacautín inn, in the Araucanía region, which belongs to the family of the conventional constituent and former president of the Christian Democrats (DC) Fuad Chahin.
According to the local newspaper ThirdFortunately, no injuries were reported. Piedra de Fuego restaurant, which operated on site, turned out to be completely destroyed and only the cellar would be saved from the flames.
“The property is located in the La Tepa sector, located on the road between Curacautín and Conguillío, at kilometer 9 of the R-925-S route,” explained that vehicle.
East this is the second attack suffered by Chahin’s familysince in early April a Mapuche community took over a property in the Tolhuaca hot springs, in which his father had a stake up to a year and a half ago.
The Mapuche canvas claiming the attack on the inn in Chile. Photo courtesy of La Tercera
Major Fernando Mella Rodríguez, commissioner of the 5th Curacautín de Carabineros police station, said he went to the scene after receiving a phone call.
“It was possible to verify the situation and verify that the restaurant was completely consumed by the flames,” he explained. As you said, on the site two canvases were found. One of them had written above the initials “RMM” and questioned the presence of the Chahin family in the sector.
According to La Tercera, these acronyms refer to “Mapuche Malleco Resistance”radical group that operates in that area of Chile and has claimed responsibility for a series of attacks for at least five years.
What did Chahin say?
The “former helmsman of the DC”, as the Chilean media call him, said that for two months he had been asking for a meeting with the Undersecretary of the Interior, Manuel Monsalve, to discuss the security situation in the area.
He assured that he did not ask for the meeting on his behalf, but for the different owners and organizations that they are concerned about the escalating acts of violence.
Chahin said that just today, after the fire was over, he was contacted by the wallet. In the days in which they had not contacted him, he explained, the Minister of Interior and Public Security, Izkia Siches, informed him that “he had instructed the undersecretary to investigate the matter”.
The inn caught fire in a Mapuche attack. video capture of photos
“At the time I talked to him and told him I would write to him, I wrote to him and I also wrote to the chief of staff, and until now we hadn’t received a reply for two months,” he explained.
“Today the chief of staff (Gabriel de la Fuente) called me. After they burned the inn, he calls me quickly“he moaned ironically.
Regarding the other attack suffered by his family in April, he recalled that the Mapuche “They came with large-caliber firearms”. “They were very organized”, she said, specifying that “they burned five huts, a barbecue, a hostel, a restaurant there, my parents’ houses, which fortunately were not there”.
The yes to the “militarization” of the conflict
On Tuesday, the Chilean Congress approved the extension of the militarization of two regions in the south of the country where private arson attacks took place in the midst of a historic territorial conflict between the Mapuche ethnic group and the Chilean state.
A photo of a tank in the Temuco department in Chile after an emergency was declared due to the Mapuche conflict. AFP photo
The Senate approved with 39 votes in favor, one against and two abstentions the extension of 15 days of the state of emergency constitutional exception through which the military supports the Police for the patrolling and protection of routes in the Araucanía Region and in the Region Bio bio.
“It is a necessary measure, it is a measure that requires the strengthening of policies not only in dialogue, but also that the role of the police and the armed forces allows us to significantly reduce the number of crimes and acts of terrorism that we are having”, he declared the socialist senator, Juan Luis Castro.
Hours earlier, the Chamber of Deputies had approved the extension of the militarization requested by the government of President Gabriel Boric. Although he had shown his rejection of the provision when he was a deputy, the now left-wing president announced a state of emergency on May 16 for 15 days and then extended it by another 15.
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Source: Clarin
