Public Press Release Lof [Community] Yeupeko-Filkun

Public Press Release Lof [Community] Yeupeko-Filkun

 
To national and international opinion, we inform the following:
 
1. The Chilean State, tirelessly assaulting our Mapuche Nation and the organization that resists forceful extermination (the Arauco Malleco Coordinator - CAM), throughout the mourning carried out a new political persecution against the Weichafe [Warriors] of our Lof [Community] of Yeupeko-Filkun, in the mourning hours of July 17th.
 
2. The objective of this violent attack was to identify and capture Weichafe [Warrior] Luis Sergio Tralcal whom belongs to a family, which has been victim to raids and political-judicial set-ups throughout the last few years for the sole reason of raising their voice for the demands of the Mapuche People. At this time, the Chilean National Police have dispatched an immense operative, including a helicopter, in their efforts to capture him.
 
3. We wish to clarify once again that neither "terrorists" nor "violent perpetrators" exist on our lands; on the contrary, simply working people that have decided to end the usurpation of historic lands, in the hands of a cast of large landed estate lords. With these events, it is clear to us that the Chilean State and its administration headed by Michelle Bachelet, has sided with the corporations and estate owners. They have prioritized their interest to maintain the capitalist order and delegitimize the anti-capitalist expression of the Mapuche struggle that is the Arauco Malleco Coordinator of Communities in Conflict.
 
4. Lastly, this new raid does not scare us, nor frightens us; on the contrary, it gives us more strength to continue advancing for our territory and national Mapuche liberation, when on a January 13th, 2001, we decided to tear down the barriers from the opulence of a few. Even up till now, it has cost us the persecution, torture, jail, political hiding of our community members and the fall in combat of our Weichafe [Warrior] Matias Catrileo, on January 3rd 2008. For them we continue advancing; creating hope for the new generations of Mapuche that are yet to be born.
 

Freedom for Mauricio Waikilao!

Freedom for the Mapuche Political Prisoners!

Freedom and Autonomy!

Advancing Towards Territorial Control!

Lof [Community] Yeupeko-Filkun - CAM

Friday, July 17th, 2009

Distributed by:

The Women's Coordinating Committee Chile-Canada [Toronto]

Email: wccc_98@hotmail.com