Tension increases in La Araucanía due to land seizure: an estimated 120 occupied land | National



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Tension is increasing in the La Araucanía region due to the taking of land, while the It is estimated that about 120 lands are occupied in the area.

While farmers called a take up arms, from the Mapuche communities accuse a mismanagement in the land purchase process.

Land seizures that in recent hours have been concentrated in communes such as New Imperial and Lautaro. In the latter, Carlos Gutiérrez, farmer and councilor of the commune, made a direct call to the President of the Republic, Sebastián Piñera, to attend the place to know the situation of the farmers, adding that they could take up arms to defend the grounds.

“Make yourself present here, President, and come to put the corresponding authority. Come to put the rule of law, which is what corresponds. Here are all these farmers accompanying me, because we are all tired, and they are going to take up arms with their own hands, “he said.


On the contrary, the werkén of the Ad Mapu group, Ana Llao, justified the occupation of properties, noting that the tension It is produced by poor management of the National Corporation for Indigenous Development (Conadi) in the land purchase process.

From the parliamentary world, the independent senator, Carmen Gloria Aravena, called the situation unsustainable and supported farmers.

Finally, it is estimated that there are about 120 plots that are taken in the region of La Araucanía, which has caused confrontations between Mapuche community members and farmers, who are concentrated -mainly- in the commune of Lautaro.



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