They found photos on the mobile phone of a Chilean Mapuche radical leader in which he poses with weapons and a bulletproof vest

The Guarantee Court of Temuco, 678 kilometers south of Santiago, decided maintain preventive detention which weighs against the leader of the Coordinadora Arauco Malleco (CAM), Hector Llaitul, after footage was found on his cell phone where he appears carrying various weapons and a bulletproof vest.

The leader of the radical Mapuche group He is charged with one offense of incitement, two of advocating the violence of the Homeland Security Act, two of usurpation and two of undermining authority.

On this point, the public prosecutor of Chile, Hector Leiva, presented the arguments for refusing a modification of the house arrest, such as videos and interviews made with the leader of the CAM. Moreover, during the hearing, there was also conversations and videos that were on Llaitul’s cell phone.

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“This mobile phone contains information that gives seriousness to each of these facts, that the defendant not only made these statements, but also He participates in acts, has information about these attacks, has a photograph of a truck on fire around 9 am and this attack took place at 7 am and 40 minutes.prosecutor Leiva said.

On December 2, 2022, the The regional prosecutor’s office of La Araucanía has requested sentences of up to 25 years in prison against Llaitul, who was arrested on August 25, apprehended for theft of wood, usurpation of land, crimes stipulated in the internal state security law and incitement to violence.

On the other hand, the decision of the Chilean judicial authorities to keep Llaitul in preventive detention, comes two weeks after the dismissal of the former Minister of Social Development and Family, Jeannette Vegalinked to the facts in question after the call to the radical leader, for which she was dismissed from her functions in the government of Gabriel Boric.

This was due to the fact that one of the advisers to the former Secretary of State, Tania Santis, will call Llaitul’s personal cell phone to ask him to speak to Vega. After the situation, the lawyer of the opposition party Renovación Nacional (RN), Marcelo Brunetfiled a complaint at the end of August 2022.

Likewise, prosecutor Patricio Cooper requested his dismissal, dismissing that Vega was involved in public safety matters or failed to press charges through his adviser. “The definitive dismissal is requested because we are not in the presence of the crimes indicated”, he declared.

After the decision, the former minister took to her social media to state that “Sometimes justice takes time but it happens. Those who accused me so unfairly will have to pay. I am serene to have accomplished my work as minister”.

It should be noted that the lawsuit ruled that “the involvement of the former member of Gabriel Boric’s cabinet in events clearly constituting a crime must be investigated, because, given of his function and position, in addition to the subsequent statements made by members of the Government in order not to open an investigation against Mr. Héctor Llaitul, could constitute an obstacle to the investigation.

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