translated from Spanish: 24 hours after the Government’s announcement of “heavy-handed”, mapuches are taken municipality of Collipulli

“Hard hand” announced by the Government following the recent facts of tension in La Araucanía by the death of Camilo Catrillanca had zero effect on the area, because within 24 hours of the warnings of the Executive a grup or comuneros Mapuche took the municipality of Collipulli.
About 25 people, members of mapuche communities Kollu Mamul Mapu and Francisco Huentecol, joined 14:00 hours until the municipal building, forced out officials, closed access, and hung paintings with legends calling for Justice for the murdered Camilo Catrillanca.
Some of the banners hanging in the windows of the municipality of Collipulli prayed “Demilitarization of the Wallmapu” and “Justice for Camilo Catrillanca”.
Making in Collipulli is in addition to the occupation of the town of Ercilla, and both are part of the so-called communities mapuche made to protest against the murder of the young villager at the hands of police.
Last Friday, a group of protesters took 24 hours units of the municipality of Teodoro Schmidt, a community that is also located in the region of La Araucanía.
Yesterday, the Government urged the Mayor of Ercilla, José Vilugrón, to give authorization for the eviction of the municipality, while the Mayor of Collipulli, Manuel Macaya Ramírez, filed a complaint for illegal occupation. However, made it clear that it will not order the eviction occupations are part of the context of agitation in the region, with different actions on the part of the communities that aim to the demilitarization of the area and other claims as the self-determination, following in the line of recovery and territorial control, and the creation of a Commission of historical clarification Mapuche.
The management of the Executive at this escalation of tension has been criticized from the ranks of the own Government coalition and by Union leaders in the area. Hence the answer that the Minister of the Interior Andres Chadwick gave yesterday by announcing that the Government will increase the manning of FF.EE. in the area and warn that they will invoke the law of State security, a threat that clearly was neglected by the mapuche.

Original source in Spanish