Chilean prosecutors and their paranoid methods against the Mapuche - Indictment against Cristina Quijón, Chile, 2013

By Elena Urrutia on Tuesday February 19, 2013

HEARING IN COLLIPULLI ON FEBRUARY 19, 2013 AT 11:30 am

On Tuesday February 19, 2013, will be held the Hearing of Preparation of Oral Proceedings against Cristina Quijón, sister of Leonardo Quijón of the Community Chequenco.

The absurd political setups against Mapuche community members fail to turn off the fight for their ancestral rights, nor do they succeed in convincing the national and international community of the alleged terrorism exercised by young Mapuche.

The paranoia takes over in the mind of anti-Mapuche Prosecutor Luis Chamorro who desperately resorts to methods absurd like accrediting slanderous statements by nonobjective people in order to respond to the pressure exerted by the Chilean state.

The systematic persecution and production of political setups has as its sole objective only to stop the struggle for the recovery of land of the communities in resistance.

It is not enough to imprison young Mapuche without due process, nor the long sentences of the community members applying the Anti-Terrorism Act. Now the racist hatred is directed against Mapuche women and girls.

Thus Cristina Quijón is accused of threatening the brother of settler Gallardo and she is brought to trial. We must remember that she is the sister of one of the three young men accused of being responsible for the death of the settler.

As to the cause of the death of the settler, on Wednesday February 20 the Hearing is scheduled against Luis Marileo, Gabriel Valenzuela and Leonardo Quijón, on which day will end the extended deadline of the Prosecution for submitting the results of their investigations.

We call on the national and international community to observe and denounce these aberrations of the "Chilean Justice". To accompany all our young community members to their Hearings, demonstrating the rejection of the violations of due process and Human Rights.

 FREEDOM TO ALL MAPUCHE AND NON-MAPUCHE POLITICAL PRISONERS!
STOP THE POLITICAL SETUPS OF THE CHILEAN STATE AGAINST THE SOCIAL STRUGGLE!

WITHDRAW THE POLICE FORCES FROM THE MAPUCHE COMMUNITIES  

AND RESPECT THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILDREN!