Murder of Mapuche by Chilean Police
Mapuche Stichting - FOLIL - 01.09.2006 15:00
indigenous leaders accused several police of unjustified violence
Murder of Mapuche by Chilean Police
Santiago, Chile, Aug 31 (Prensa Latina) Chilean Senator Alejandro Navarro
and indigenous leader Aucan Huilcaman accused several police of
unjustified violence in the murder of an elderly Mapuche man and the
wounding of two of his children.
Sgt. Juan Mariman, Cpls. Pablo Quezada and Gloria Ferreira, and agents
Jose Macaya and Hugo Guerrero were involved in the incident on Monday.
The police cannot just come and kill someone, as if saving an animal were
more important than killing a Mapuche, the denunciation said.
Police sources said they were investigating theft of cattle by a group of
indigenous people.
The police aver that when they arrived at the home of the Collihuin Catril
and the Collihuin Llanculef families sometime after midnight, the Mapuches
attacked them with a shotgun and shovels. However, none of the police
showed signs of injury.
If they were attacked, at least they should have a bruise, contended one
of the daughters of the elderly man who was killed.
She declared this time they will use anything in their defense if the
police again show up at their house.
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