28-08-2017 15:35 via yahoo.com

Armed men destroy two dozen logging trucks in Chile indigenous dispute

A group of armed men claiming to represent the nation's indigenous Mapuche people hijacked and burned 29 logging trucks in southern Chile on Monday morning as a years-long conflict with forestry companies heated up.Many Mapuche leaders doubt all such attacks are carried out by indigenous people, saying non-indigenous groups with a radical political agenda may be involved.The trucks belonged to Sotraser, a subcontractor thatmainly serves subsidiaries of Chilean forestry companies Empresas CMPC an
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