The Boric administration has shown passivity and sluggishness in the investigation of this case. On Thursday, social activists held protests demanding concrete action from the Chilean state in the case of Julia Chuñil Catricura, a Mapuche land defender and president of the Putreguel community in the Los Rios Region, who disappeared six months ago. RELATED: […]

‘She was fighting against a very powerful landowner,’ said her granddaughter. On Monday, the silence of the government of Chilean President Gabriel Boric sparked criticism from the relatives of Julia Chuñil, a 70-year-old Indigenous woman and environmental defender who has been missing for 128 days. RELATED: Fires in Argentine Patagonia: Mapuche Communities Face Repression and […]

She was actively involved in protecting 900 hectares of native forest in the Mafil commune. On Monday, the Escazu Now Foundation filed a criminal complaint with the Los Lagos Court of Guarantee regarding the disappearance of the Mapuche indigenous leader Julia Chuñil. RELATED: Mapuche Leader Hector Llaitul’s Health Deteriorates in a Chilean Prison This 73-year-old […]