Chile: State terrorism killed Camilo Catrillanca

Given the systematic repression and militarization, permanent mobilization is needed. The militarization of Wallmapu, by the Chilean State, deployed south of Chile in the regions of Bío Bío, Araucania and Los Rios, It is not new, the conflict, the criminalization and persecution is historic, thereby devoting efforts, human and financial resources to repress, look out, smooth and punish the Mapuche communities that maintain ancestral struggle for the recovery of their lands, resulting in the excessive police violence, unlawful coercion, judicial assemblies, imprisonments and as we saw on Wednesday 15 November a new death, the young commoner Camilo Catrillanca in the hands of the Jungle Commando created by the corporate government of Sebastián Piñera.

Terrorism Command Jungla

The Jungle Commando is the police force designed to fight the Mapuche Community classified as terrorist but that background you're looking to defend and protect the interests of forest entrepreneurs and extractive industry. This command consists of 80 Police officials who were prepared in Colombia and the United States to "combat rural violence in the area". Among the equipment they are handled armored trucks, tanks, aerial systems, binoculars, HD cameras and special uniforms, all this looking repress those who only fight for the just demands of their land that has been stolen from them by the Chilean government and big business.

For years it has sought to criminalize the Mapuche Community, justifying facts as we have seen in the case Luchsinger Mackay full of loopholes and assemblies, or Mapuche each murder ending in a network that are even impossible to carry by their own repressive institutions.
What the Chilean government seeks to protect the business of forest depredation that make companies Matte and Angelini, economic groups that are recognized financiers of political campaigns, who accumulate dispossession of Mapuche territory and predation land.

The roadmap Piñera: Systematizing repression

Such logic is that we continue to see the arguments presented by the government against the death of Camilo Catrillanca, as expressed Andrés Chadwik that from his position of Minister of Interior and Vice indicates that the Mapuche community member was killed in a raid by police was to "common criminals", That's when the questions to arise because what if robbery was a common police had such impact, with weapons of war and ends with the death of the grandson of a renowned lonco Community?

On the other hand, Sebastian Pinera via Twitter said it regretted the death of comunero, to be investigated, but in turn it supports the actions of police to "defend themselves when attacked", Nevertheless, the facts would indicate that the attack was carried out against the commoner who was driving a tractor, no weapons, accompanied by a minor without any provocation, receiving two bullets in his head. None of the facts reported by the Government justifies the actions of the police force, cold-blooded killing the young commoner.

As we have seen in this and other cases, the state maintains its position of defending the police force, however it never has been seen in defense of the Mapuche people, by counteracts condemn, criminalize and blame the community for a nonexistent war provoked by the militarization deployed in the area.

We must not ignore the information they give us the media once again colluded with big capital, delivering unclear or full information, without reporting the reality of life in the south of our territory with the Mapuche people.
They killed Camilo Catrillanca.

A Camilo they killed the 24 years, leaving his son, his wife who is pregnant. Catrillanca was important spokesman for the community since the 15 years, mainly emphasizing on taking 2011 Municipality of Ercilla, accompanying the student movement, thereby supporting free and quality education, intercultural education and finally gives police violence in the area.

Repression also be seen in demonstrations to protest the murder of Catrillanca, today 15 November calls were made in different parts of the country and even Argentina. One of these calls was in the center of Santiago where the excessive repression of the state apparatus, wanting from police and government arrogantly demonstrate their strengths and undemocratic policies, releasing gases directly to the protesters who had not even set foot on the streets, trying to quell the violence we have seen them loose on the last time the Mapuche communities and schools: a totally irrational and excessive repression. Yet we were thousands on the streets in memory of Camilo and tod-s fighters killed.

permanent mobilization for the end of militarization in Wallmapu

From Juntas and the Left and the anti-capitalist movement condemned the constant harassment of the repressive apparatus of the Chilean state and the Mapuche Community and the indifference of the political authorities. We reject the militarization of Wallmapu and demand the immediate dismantling of the Jungle Commando; true, trial and punishment of those directly and indirectly responsible for the murder of Camilo Catrillanca. In that sense it is imperative that social and political organizations with the Mapuche people permanently mobilize ourselves and we seem positive that the Frente Amplio by occupying the podium with 20 deputies made available to reverse the repressive logic and with mobilization can articulate a great movement that put an end to state terrorism.

Javiera Vargas and Mercedes Varas

Together and to the left – anticapitalist movement – Chile

Reproduced anticapitalist Network
Nov 16, 2018