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Weekly Report - 10 January 2013 (WR-13-01)
CHILE: Mapuche conflict escalates dramatically
An elderly married couple were killed in an arson attack on 4 January in the southern Araucanía region, where the Mapuche lays claim to ancestral lands. The interior minister, Andrés Chadwick, immediately denounced “terrorist organisations” operating in the region. His choice of words was deliberate, justifying the invoking of the controversial anti-terrorist law dating back to the era of General Augusto Pinochet. He also announced that the third most senior officer in the military police, Carabineros, would lead an anti-terrorism unit in the area.
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