WNU #1069: Indigenous Chileans Acquitted of “Terrorism”

Weekly News Update on the Americas
Issue #1069, February 27, 2011

1. Chile: Mapuche Activists Acquitted of “Terrorism”
2. Mexico: Reyes Salazars Demand an End to the “Stupid War”
3. Puerto Rico: ACLU May Investigate Rights Situation
4. Haiti: Groups Campaign Against Neoliberal Accords
5. Links to alternative sources on: Latin America, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Central America, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, Haiti

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*1. Chile: Mapuche Activists Acquitted of “Terrorism”
In a significant setback for Chilean prosecutors, judges in Cañete in the central province of Arauco voted on Feb. 22 not to convict 17 indigenous Mapuche activists on “terrorism” charges relating to a fire and an attack on a prosecutor, Mario Elgueta, in Tirúa in October 2008 [see Update #985]. The judges acquitted most of the defendants of all charges, but they found four of the activists--Héctor Llaitul, Ramón Llenaquileo, José Huenuche and Jonathan Huillical—guilty of attempted homicide, a common crime, in the attack on Elgueta. [...]

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