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President "emphatically" condemns attack in La Araucanía Region

The Head of State asserted that her administration will "rigorously" prosecute the responsible parties "to the fullest extent of the law".

19 de Agosto de 2008 | 13:25 | El Mercurio Online

SANTIAGO.- President Michelle Bachelet “emphatically” condemned the arson attack carried out Saturday night on a parcel of land belonging to a farmer in the municipality of Vilcún, in the La Araucanía Region.


“I want citizens to know that these types of offenses and situations are going to be strictly and rigorously prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law”, the President stated while referring to the attack on the Santa Rosa farm, owned by Eduardo Luchsinger.


Bachelet added that she was “confident that these crimes have nothing to do with the interests and demands of the Mapuche people”.

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