they burned down the family inn of a conventional constituent

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The conflict between some hardline Mapuche factions and the Chilean State added a new chapter. Local media reported that there was a arson attack to the Kütralkura de Curacautín inn, in the Araucanía Region, which belongs to the family of the conventional constituent and former president of the Christian Democracy (DC) Fuad Chahin.

According to the local newspaper ThirdFortunately, no injuries were reported. The Piedra de Fuego restaurant, which operated on the spot, turned out to be completely destroyed and only the wine cellar would have been saved from the flames.

“The property is in the La Tepa sector, located on the road between Curacautín and Conguillío, at kilometer 9 of the R-925-S route,” detailed that medium.

It is this is the second attack suffered by Chahin’s familysince at the beginning of April a Mapuche community took over a property in the Tolhuaca Hot Springs, in which his father had a stake until a year and a half ago.

The Mapuche canvas that claims responsibility for the attack on the inn in Chile. Photo courtesy La Tercera

Major Fernando Mella Rodríguez, commissioner of the 5th Police Station Curacautín de Carabineros, specified that they went to the place after receiving a call.

“It was possible to verify the situation and verify that the restaurant had been completely consumed by the flames,” he explained. As she said, on the site two canvases were found. One of them had the acronym “RMM” written on it and questioned the presence of the Chahin family in the sector.

According to La Tercera, these acronyms refer to “Resistance Mapuche Malleco”a 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 DC helmsman,” as the Chilean media call him, said that for two months he had been requesting 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 are concerned about the increasing acts of violence.

Chahin said that just today, with the fire consummated, he was contacted from the portfolio. In the days that they had not contacted him, he explained, the Minister of the Interior and Public Security, Izkia Siches, informed him that she “had commissioned the undersecretary to look into the matter.”

The inn burned down in a Mapuche attack.  photo video capture

The inn burned down in a Mapuche attack. photo video capture

“At the time I spoke with him and told him that I was going to write to him, I wrote to him and I also wrote to the chief of staff, and we had not had any response for two months until now,” he explained.

“Today the chief of staff (Gabriel de la Fuente) called me. After they burned down the inn, he calls me in a hurry“he lamented ironically.

Regarding the other attack his family suffered in April, he recalled that the Mapuches “They arrived with heavy caliber firearms”. “They were very organized,” he said, detailing that “they burned down five cabins, a barbecue, a hostel, a restaurant there, my parents’ houses, which fortunately were not there.”

The yes to the “militarization” of the conflict

Last Tuesday, the Chilean Congress approved the extension of the militarization of two regions in the south of the country where private arson attacks have taken place in the midst of a historic land conflict between the Mapuche ethnic group and the Chilean State.

A photo of a tank in the department of Temuco, in Chile, after the emergency was declared due to the Mapuche conflict.  AFP Photo

A photo of a tank in the department of Temuco, in Chile, after the emergency was declared due to the Mapuche conflict. AFP Photo

The Senate approved by 39 votes in favor, one against and two abstentions the extension for 15 days of the emergency constitutional state of exception through which the military supports the Police to patrol and protect routes in the Region of La Araucanía, and the Bio bio region.

“It is a necessary measure, it is a measure that requires reinforcement 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 the acts of terrorism that we are having,” 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. Despite the fact that when he was a deputy he showed his rejection of the measure, the now leftist president announced the state of emergency on May 16 for 15 days and then extended it another 15 more.

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