Celestino Córdova, through his spokesperson, accused that the Gendarmerie did not allow him to carry out a spiritual ceremony on the occasion of the solar eclipse on Monday.

From the community’s environment and spokesman, they insist that there is a persecution against him within the Center for Study and Work (CET) of the Vilcún commune.

The above, after during the astronomical event on Monday, according to her spokeswoman, Cristina Romo, He was prevented from exercising his spirituality in his capacity as a machi, given the importance that the eclipse had for the Mapuche people.


A few months ago, since Córdova was transferred to the Vilcún CET, his spokesperson has been denouncing irregularities in the treatment from the gendarmes to the machi, due to this same situation, the uniformed institution itself carried out an internal investigation in the prison, where an official was removed from his work.

It should be remembered that the stay of Celestino Córdova in said facility is part of the agreements reached with the Government after the hunger strike that lasted for more than 100 days.