The Chilean justice lambasts again Mapuche communities in conflict. This time, the hand of prosecutors and the landowner Rene Urban, want to condemn a Temucuicui peñi who was brutally beaten and his family, accusing him of stealing firewood. The same justice rejected a complaint by the villagers for their injuries.
Yesterday at 10 am, until the Court Collipulli Assurance, came peñi Millanao Millape Mario, a member of the Autonomous Temucuicui, along with Victor Lonko Queipul for filed with the court, due to arrest warrants hanging over the peñi and that had prompted the police raid on several occasions in the community in their search.
Once the peñi Millanao reached the Court, bypassing all existing police cordon around the community, immediately set a hearing where he was informed that weighed several arrest warrants against him, all related with territorial recovery of the community, within them, one for damage to the farm owned by the landowner Montenegro René Urban.
As a reminder, Mario Millanao with her entire family, including his two children, were severely beaten by René Urban and police who guard them, months ago, when in time they were traveling on a public road, were stopped by these men, then arrested all and charged with theft of firewood, shall be by "damage to private property."
Clearly this accusation of theft of firewood is imposed to cover the brutal attacks by Urban, proving once again the complicity of the Chilean courts and police with the landowners.
For this reason the said Court, set for Friday November 12, 2010, at 10 am the start of the abbreviated trial where the prosecution requested a sentence of 540 days effective.
Because of the serious injuries that were the peñi, his wife and children between 6 and 10 years as a result of the beatings, filed a complaint against Urban Rene particular, which was reported to be without effect and closed for lack of background.
consulted by this situation lonko Queipul Victor said, "this charge and this lawsuit is completely false, only seeks to harass and intimidate the members of my community to stop our legitimate process of recovering our territory. "
Lonko continued noting that" the justice it only protects the great individuals and we violate the rights of the Mapuche, filed a complaint against this particular serious injuries that led to our brother and was shelved, but to investigate some sticks of firewood continues and goes to court to seek a sentence of three years. "
Violence landowner
Millanao The family suffered the aggression of the landowner while traveling in his van on the way public sector management Quechereguas, which seek firewood. There, Rene Urban and his son Hector, along with a large number of police special forces, went ahead and tackle road mobile. Were forced at gunpoint to drop the truck and under heavy threats, punches and kicks are stopped without explanation.
Once they were all tied, Urban and his son proceeded to brutally beat them with stones in their hands, including his mother, wife and children, who witnessed all this at gunpoint. The particular threats referred to as "kill them all" and that he is "owned all this land and I do not see any Indian terrorist", all in presence of police.
Later Colllipulli from the police station, were taken to the Clinic of the same city, where he noted the serious injuries that have all the more severe the peñi Mario Millanao, who as a result of fractured ribs was taken 4 urgently to hospital in Victoria, where he underwent.
Family wounded
Urban: A criminal history against the Mapuche communities
This particular employer has shown its attitude bullying is not the first time you do this type of beating against our people.
In the military dictatorship, this man committed serious abuses and torture whoever found near his farm. Kept for several days in jail in his home in Montenegro Fundo. Such was the law. Many of our grandparents, parents and children to collect punished only natural food in the wild were produced on their premises.
All these severe torture, were always in complete impunity, no one dared to complain for fear of this man.
For this particular Chilean justice, has always been a victim of our communities, making believe it is a white dove, which is why your site is fully protected 24 hours a day, with a large police contingent who used to commit these crimes.
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