And new arson attack, this time occurred in the facilities of the Nilpe estate, located at Km. 4 of the route to the Galvarino commune, was recorded during the afternoon of this Sundayproperty that would be the employer and president of the CPC Subtle Johncurrently serving a quarantine for Covid-19 in the US.
As Carabineros confirmed to La Tercera, the individuals, in a number that exceeded ten people, proceeded to spray various agricultural machinery, a backhoe, vehicles, sheds and a 500-square-meter house with an accelerating liquid and with flame-bearing elements, they set fire, being completely destroyed.
In this regard, the Lieutenant Colonel Miguel Ochoa, of the Cautín Prefecture reported that “An undetermined number of individuals threatened the workers who were in the farm with firearms. and they began to set fire to both the employer’s house, private vehicles and three other pieces of machinery”.
In addition, he added that What happened was reported to the Public Ministry and the prosecutor ordered the expert work of the OS-9 department and the Police Criminalistics Laboratory (Labocar).
“The procedure is being carried out and obviously Carabineros, with the available means, gave attention to the victims,” the officer closed.
For his part, the president of the Victoria-Malleco Farmers Association, Sebastián Naveillancondemned “strongly the attack that occurred”, and pointed out that “We believe from the agricultural and trade union sector, that the government has and should have the State of Exception in a complete way, not limited only to the routes”.
The union leader added that “we have said it repeatedly, the great terrorist attacks occur in the rural sector, where food is produced for all of Chile; That is why the State must ensure the security and freedom of all in the region. We cannot continue to allow more terrorist attacks, enough half-hearted decisions; We deeply regret this great damage that has been done to the owners of the Nilpe estate, hard-working people who are producing food for all citizens and for Chile.”
Finally, the National Council of the Association of Chilean Entrepreneurs (ASECH) issued a statement, where they repudiated what happened and made a call to depose these facts.
“Faced with the despicable acts of terrorist violence of which Juan Sutil, president of the Confederation of Production and Commerce, was the victim, We make it our duty to repudiate with all possible force these acts of intimidation that have become common in the Southern Macrozone. We make a call to depose these facts that, as citizens and entrepreneurs, cause us insecurity and do not contribute to having a better country, “says the letter.