Latinnews Daily - 5 December 2007

Significance: The Carabineros said that the attack was the worst outbreak of violence in the Mapuche area since November 1998. An outbreak of terrorism in the remote south of Chile presents another problem for the Santiago government which has failed to prevent issues such as higher education funding and the reform of the Santiago mass transit system becoming major political problems.

The attackers, presumed to be Mapuches, burnt a bus, a lorry, a pick up and two camps run by Angelino Gerardo Cerda who is a subcontractor for Miminco, a forest products company which owns the forests. The arson started a small forest fire. In 1998, a self-proclaimed group, the Coordinara Arauco Malleco torched three lorries.

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