Grabois said that the arrest of Jones Huala is a “smokescreen on the real problem in Patagonia”

the social leader John Grabois described this Tuesday the arrest of the leader of the Mapuche Ancestral Resistance (RAM), Facundo Jones HualaWhat “a smoke screen on the real problem of patagonia“Maybe it’s him”theft of land, water, lakes and minerals“by”the multinationals“.

“With Jones Huala, they created a young man without any power to damage the internal enemy to put a smoke screen on the real problem in Patagonia,” he posted on his Twitter social network account. And he added: “The multinationals steal everything from us – land, water, lakes, minerals – in illicit association with the politicians on duty.”

In this sense, the leader listed other problems that must be faced by certain sectors of society that “cannot access” to “dignified living” conditions. “In the meantime, the people cannot access a roof in the city or live in the countryside with dignity. It has no gas, although it lives with its feet on the largest gas field on the planet”, remarked the also referent of the Patria Grande Front and the Movement of Excluded Workers (MTE).

Chile prepares to extradite Facundo Jones Huala, who was arrested in El Bolsón

He also alluded to the stay that the British magnate joseph lewis In front of Lago Escondido, in Río Negro, he owns a property that the social leader described as “illegal.” “The town has no water while an English pirate steals an entire lakeGrabois tweeted.

The arrest of Jones Huala

Jones Huala was arrested this Monday in El Bolsón after staying almost a year on the run of the Chilean Justice, in an operation carried out by the police of the province of Río Negro. After the arrest, the Government of Chile resolved ask for extradition Jones Huala and Interpol changed its alert status from blue to red.

jones hulala He was sentenced in 2013 to 9 years in prison for the crimes of arson and illegal possession of a firearm in 2013 in the Chilean town of Río Bueno. The now fugitive He has been imprisoned since 2018 in the Chilean prison of Temucolocated 613 kilometers from Santiago and, since then, there have been various protests to demand his release.

Last year, the Temuco Court of Appeals accepted an appeal for amparo filed by his defense, after which he ordered his conditional freedom. However, the Chilean Supreme Court reversed the ruling on February 15 and possibly again his arrest, which was not effective because Jones was found to be a fugitive.

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