Mapuche leader Hector Llaitul’s trial being watched by human rights observers
A Mapuche leader has been detained on charges since August 2022. Anonymous witnesses are testifying against him, and the sentence sought is long. For these...
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Pablo Marchant was executed, new forensic report concludes
A new forensic report concludes that Pablo Marchant, who died during a confrontation with the police in 2021, was executed. The report states that he...
Chile’s public prosecutor seeks 25-year sentence for Mapuche leader Héctor Llaitul
The Prosecutor’s Office of Chile’s La Araucanía region wants to imprison Héctor Llaitul for 25 years. Llaitul, a key figure of Mapuche organization CAM was...
Resistance and profits drive illegal logging in Chile
Often presented as a Manichean conflict between terrorism and civil society, the reality in Chile’s south is much more complex. Radical indigenous groups, paramilitaries, and...
CAM leader Héctor Llaitul arrested by the Investigations Police
Coordinadora Arauco Malleco leader Héctor Llaitul was arrested Aug. 24, just weeks after he confessed to stealing lumber a few weeks ago. The arrest was...
Watch the full interview with Hector Llaitul (CAM) here
Hector Llaitul is the spokesman of the Coordinadora Arauco-Malleco (CAM), one of the militant Mapuche groups in southern Chile, fighting for autonomy for the Mapuche...
Circumstances surrounding killed militant remain murky
Carabineros that killed a Chilean student incorporated in a Mapuche militant group didn’t comply with protocol. Pablo Marchant was shot in the head at close...