[March 2022, WallMapu] News from the Mapuche struggle against the Chilean State
Here’s a collection of different actions claimed by radical Mapuche groups in Wallmapu, against the Chilean state. Most of these actions were collected from mainstream media. For each, we will try to provide a link/picture to the actual claim/pamphlet and a translation of it.
March 02, Temuco (La Araucanía): Weichan Auka Mapu (WAM) set fire to the residence of a member of a latifundista family and to 5 machines on one of their farms.
March 06, Lumaco (La Araucanía): Weichan Auka Mapu (WAM) burned down a mansion (planned to be occupied as a commercial space).
The following canvas covers both actions:
March 6, Nuevo Imperial (La Araucanía): An arson attack against an aggregates company destroyed 1 truck 1 shed 4 machines 1 building. Pamphlets were left in support of Mapuche political prisoners.
March 11, Traiguén (La Araucanía): Mapuche fighters burned down 1 truck 1 forestry machine.
March 11, Vilcún (La Araucanía): Mapuche fighters burned down 2 trucks 2 vans 1 warehouse of an aggregates company.
March 13, Contulmo (Arauco): Weichan Auka Mapu (WAM) burned down 2 sheds of bales of grass (and unfortunately 1 horse also died in the fire) of a well-known farmer.
March 15, Temucuicui Autonomous community (La Araucanía): Radical Mapuche groups burned a car and shot gunfire to stop the minister of interior from entering the community. More here: https://euphoria.noblogs.org/post/2022/03/19/march-2022-wallmapu-the-entry-of-new-minister-of-interior-to-temucuicui-blocked-by-weichafe-groups/
March 18, Lanco, (Los Ríos): Weichan Auka Mapu burned down 2 houses 1 car of latifundistas.
March 23, Traiguén (La Araucanía): the Coordinadora Arauco-Malleko (CAM) and the lof Carmen Colipí announce the beginning of the recovery of land from a forestry company.March 27, Mulchén (Bíobío): the Lof Moluche Kimun announced a territorial recovery & occupation of land from the municipality.
March 28, Tirúa (Bíobío): the Weichan Auka Mapu (WAM) torched a van from a forestry company, leaving a canvas demanding the liberation of all Mapuche political prisoners.
March 29, Talcahuano (Bíobío): For the Day of the Young Combatant, Flaming barricades were set up to demand the liberation of Mapuche political prisoner Luis Tranamil Nahuel.
March 30, Cañete (Bíobío): Mapuche protesters forced a government delegation, including the undersecretary of the interior, to interrupt their visit by building road barricades at the city entrance and throwing rocks at them and their cars.
March 30, Lumaco (La Araucanía): 3 Logging Trucks Torched by Mapuche Militants, claimed by the Organización Resistencia Territorial (ORT) Pelontraro of the Coodinadora Arauco Malleco (CAM). More here: https://abolitionmedia.noblogs.org/post/2022/04/01/3-logging-trucks-torched-by-mapuche-militants-in-lumaco-araucania-region-chile/