After five days of tension, they evicted the Mapuches from El Foyel and there were 4 detainees

Claudio Andrade

10/19/2020 7:22 PM

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Updated 10/19/2020 7:22 PM

In a day of high tension in the Cordillera la Justicia de Río Negro, on

in El Foyel, 75 kilometers from Bariloche and 46 from El Bolsón, has been occupied since last Thursday by a Mapuche community.

The members of the lof Gallardo Calfú finally left the territory peacefully and the intervention of the Police was not necessary.

At around 2 pm, prosecutors Francisco Arrien and Martín Lozada came to the scene, talking with the Mapuches and

Meanwhile in Mascardi, 35 kilometers from Bariloche, members of the Lafken Winkul Mapu lof

.

Informed of this, the surrogate federal judge, Gustavo Zapata, ordered the eviction of the road that connects Bariloche with El Bolsón by federal forces.

The province's Security Secretariat, commanded by Betiana Minor, ordered a large operation made up of about

Civil Defense personnel, Volunteer Firefighters, specialists from the Forest Fire Prevention and Fighting Service (SPLIF) and agents from the Special Operations and Rescue Corps (COER) were also part of the plan.

They are joined by officials from the province's secretariat for Security and Human Rights, among others.

“It was a peaceful eviction, the security forces did not have to intervene, so they evicted voluntarily.

Everything happened in a very calm way, ”

Secretary Minor

told

.

As this newspaper was able to find out, although no acts of violence

recorded,

, two men and two women.

Governor Arabela Carreras at the taking of El Foyel.

Throughout the afternoon, the Río Negro Police prevented the entry of both residents of the area who wanted to collaborate with the Soriani and Mayer families, owners of the field, and representatives of the Mapuche Coordinator, who hoped to be able to demonstrate in the Access.

"We are calmer, of course, and expectant of how it will continue in the next few days,"

Pablo Mayer, one of the people who was

5 days ago

, told

.

On Friday, the prosecutor Arrian had requested the "urgent" eviction of Judge Ricardo Calcagno, who rejected the measure on the grounds that first the defendants in the capture had to be detained, Blanca Gallardo and her son, Juan Carlos Oyarzo.

Finally this Monday Arrien presented the challenge to Calcagno's decision before Judge Marcelo Alvarez Melinger who ordered

For three days, officials from the Security and Justice of Rio Negro dedicated themselves to planning the operation while awaiting a response from the provincial Justice.

In total, more than

were involved,

including agents and officials from different portfolios.

In the field there were about

.

Some had in their possession edged weapons, it transcended.

Gallardo is considered an untitled machi by her community and practices curanderismo in the San José de El Bolsón neighborhood.

He is the toughest in town.

The agents had at their disposal satellite phones, modern communications equipment for remote geographies like this one, video cameras that will record all the events, virtual maps of the sector, drones, climate information, among others, which allowed them to obtain a privileged panoramic view of the scene. and its actors.

Two ambulances were also present.

“We, our community, are not going to move from here.

It took us a lot to get back to our territory after the scam they did to my dad that left him on the street, "Gallardo had warned days ago.

The second of the National Institute of Indigenous Affairs (INAI), Luis Pilquiman, described the action as exaggerated and criticized the role that the governor of the province Arabela Carreras played in the eviction process.

"She has had expressions that are very anti-Mapuche and in very derogatory terms for the people and the truth is that we are concerned about that situation," said Pilquiman.

The official, who works with former senator Magdalena Ordan, expressed feeling only concerned about the Mapuches but did not comment on the state of the Soriani and the Mayers who were unable to move.

The official was repeatedly pointed out by the provincial authorities as a firm collaborator in the violent usurpation in Villa Mascardi that

Meanwhile, three members of the two owner families endured a harsh siege by the Mapuches.

This Monday they

and other animals for the weekend.

Martín Soriani and the brothers Débora and Pablo Mayer released a video on Sunday in which they described their desperate situation.

The members of the lof Gallardo Calfú claimed the territory based on an alleged scam suffered by the original owner, Félix Gallardo Calfú in 1980, by Miguel Soriani.

They claimed to have the collaboration of the National Institute of Indigenous Affairs (INAI).

However, the Río Negro courts

made at different times by the Mapuches.

According to the Soriani lawyer, Jorge Paolinelli, in 1969 Félix received the rights to occupy the land from Aurora Reyes de Candia, a member of the occupants of the property since the 1940s. Gallardo Calfú was a pawn of the Candia family and the assignment was a gift in gratitude for their work.

In 1980 the field legally passed into the hands of Soriani by public deed.

Blanca initiated legal actions in 2006 and Justice was issued in favor of the Soriani in 2013 and in 2014 where the first ruling was ratified.

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