Chile s Interior Minister Izkia Siches has warned the armed forces would “respond” in case of an attack by radical Mapuche groups after the state of emergency has been reimposed in La Araucanía due to increasing violence.
By Sebastian Silva and Javier Martin Temuco, Chile, May 18 (EFE).- Scores of Mapuche indigenous people marked the start of a new state of emergency in Chile’s troubled south by gathering Wednesday outside the penitentiary here to demand better treatment for the comrades behind bars they describe as “political prisoners.” Efe saw military units taking …
Military patrols resume in Chile's southern Araucanía region as a response to mounting violence linked to territorial claims by the Mapuche Indigenous group.