Mapuche Communities Vicente Reinahuel and Painepe have begun reclaming ancestral territory in "Fundo Las Vertientes", Chile

Through a public statement the Mapuche communities of Panguipulli, integrated in Lof Vicente Reinahuel and Lof Painepe, make known that they have begun with a Nguillatun and Palin Weichan the reclaiming of a former territory (Fundo Trafún lote1 of approximately 13,000 hectares) which today is usurped by the company "Las Vertientes SA" owned by Eduardo Elberg and partners.

In the message the communities pose that they perform said action under the customary law protected by the Law 19,253 and the ILO Convention 169. In addition they ensure a Rewe and an ancestral Paliwe are located there, therefore they will resist any eviction attempts by police.

They end by repudiating the political persecution and imprisonment of the Machi Millaray Huichalaf ka Machi Tito Cañulef, Mapuche spiritual authorities who should not be imprisoned, because the confinement threatens their lives and the health of their communities.

Public Statement

The Lof Vicente Reinahuel and Lof Painepe represented by their respective ancestral authorities communicate to the Mapuche nation and the national and international public opinion the following:

By making use of our customary law protected by the Law 19.253 and the ILO Convention 169. We have started with a Nguillatun and Palin Weichan to reclaim our ancient land (Fundo Trafún lote1 of approximately 13,000 hectares) which today is usurped by the company "Las Vertientes SA" owned by Eduardo Elberg and partners.    

Kiñe- We make public that our Lof have already begun the process of buying land under Article 20 letter b of the Conadi with date June 18, 2012.

Epu- We denounce the repeated police harassment suffered by our lof who in four opportunities have tried to evict the ceremony, an eviction that thet could not realize because our pu Kona ka pu Weichafe been successful in preventing it, defending the Lofche.

Küla- We make it clear that our Lof does not intend to leave the place in conflict as there is located our Rewe and Paliwe, and the last time that the Lof made use of the Rewe it was destroyed and burned by police.

Meli- We manifest our rejection of the intervention and plunder our territories and Sacred natural resources suffer from the state, Chilean private companies and transnational corporations, and that the only thing they do is destroy and impoverish our people.    

Kechu- We express our solidarity with the different Lof that are in conflicts and reclamation processes of our ancient territories, because we know that the reclaiming is the only way to rebuild our Mapuche Nation. 

Cayu- We repudiate the political persecution and imprisonment of our Machi Millaray Huichalaf ka Machi Tito Cañulef, Mapuche spiritual authorities who should not be imprisoned because the confinement threatens their lives and the health of their communities.

Regle- We call to maintain the Mapuche Resistance to continue with the recovery of our territory and to maintain our People alive.

Purra- Lastly we call to denounce and punish the yanakona who betray and destroy the brotherhood of our People.

 TODAY OUR ÑUKE MAPU DEMANDS THE DEFENSE OF HER CHILDREN, AS MAPUCHE IT IS OUR DUTY TO HEED HER WORDS.
AMULEPE TAIÑ WEICHAN
PU WEICHAFE KA PU AUKAFE
MARRICHIWEU

Lof Vicente Reinahuel
Lof Painepe
Parliament of Koz Koz-
Pu Lof Pilmaiken
Lof Llascawe