Carlos Guajardo
12/16/2020 2:38 PM
Clarín.com
Society
Updated 12/16/2020 2:38 PM
The takeover of an official park ranger house in Los Alerces National Park is getting bigger:
there are more and more people
.
And the attacks on those who want to approach the place continue.
In addition, yesterday the capture had its first "victim": Gustavo Machado, chief of the park rangers, left his post.
According to what
Clarín was
able to find out
, officials from the National Parks Administration who arrived in the area "invited" him to resign.
Machado, who had taken office just two months ago, did not agree to
negotiate with the intruders
and wanted the Justice to evict them.
Two weeks ago, a group that calls itself Mapuche belonging to Lof Pailako took by force the facilities of a house belonging to the Los Alerces administration, in addition to
destroying
a Christ and
an airstrip
that use hydrant planes in times of fires forestry.
The group also blocked access routes and attacked park rangers with stones who tried to get closer to recover the property.
The leader of the taking is a former member of the park rangers team.
His name is Cruz Cárdenas and he has already testified before the federal judge of Esquel Guido Otranto.
“These people put on a poncho and a headband and
became Mapuche
overnight.
And nobody does anything to end this illegal take that threatens to spread to other national parks, "
Danilo Otaño, a member of the park rangers union
, told
Clarín
.
The shooting scares tourists, say sources close to the case.
Photo Jornada.
Now, after the arrival of second-line national officials, the head of the park rangers has resigned.
He said it was for "personal, family and health reasons."
"In reality,
he left because he refused to negotiate
with the intruders, which was what the officials who came from the nation wanted," union sources told this newspaper.
Machado had taken office last November.
Los Alerces National Park is located in the southwest area of the Cordillera de Chubut.
In its interior is the Futalaufquen lake.
The entire park is of
great natural beauty
.
The conflict occurs when, despite the pandemic, the presence of tourists had been enabled (although with rigid protocols).
"But this situation scares everyone," said sources familiar with the Park.
The Pailako community published a harsh statement on social media claiming ownership of that land.
“From the recovered territory to National Parks, we communicate to society in general that we have permanently occupied the El Maitenal section.
Given the intention of Parks to want to locate a new park ranger in this place, we declare that this house is within the territory of Pailako ”.
And they closed with a phrase:
"They will not pass
.
"
Residents of the area do not rule out carrying out a
mobilization
to demand that the national authorities evict the alleged Mapuches.
Days ago, a group of retired park rangers released a statement in which they stated that the national park (declared a World Heritage Site in 2017) is "being occupied by criminals."
Chubut. Correspondent.
LGP
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