The Minister of Security, Aníbal Fernández, considered that the eviction operation of the Mapuche community of Lof Lafken Winkul Mapu carried out on Tuesday in the town of Villa Mascardi, in the province of Río Negro, was “positive” because there was “not one scratch” among the members of the evicted families and remarked that “it was done with care and there were no lethal weapons”.
“The result has been positive because our intention was always to be able to enter with the care of the case, without lethal weapons”Fernandez said in reference to the unified operation of the federal forces that evicted families grouped in Lof Lafken Winkul Mapu, in the vicinity of National Route 40, on land that included one of the National Parks located 35 kilometers south of the city of San Carlos de Bariloche.
In statements to Public TV, the minister said that he spoke with the governor of Rio Negro, Arabela Carreras, and pointed out that, “in general terms”, both agreed on the analysis.
“We did it quietly and carefully,” said the head of the Security portfolio.
He also indicated that “the work that Judge María Silvina Domínguez and the prosecutor (María Cándida Echepare) carried out was very clear.”
For his part, the minister clarified: “I got tired of hearing that there were attacks and shootings. None of those things can be true because there were no lethal weapons. Not even a scratch.”
Regarding the arrests during the operation, he maintained that all the detainees “were transferred, except for a pregnant lady, to a dependency of the Airport Security Police”.
While, In the case of the boys and girls present, the Minority area of the province and the Secretariat for Children, Adolescents and Family intervened.accurate.
“Today there is a lot of work to do,” added the minister, who announced that this Wednesday “there will be a meeting to outline the format with which we are going to continue working.”
The Unified Command of security forces that intervenes in Villa Mascardi, 35 kilometers from Bariloche, deployed an operation on Tuesday with some 250 uniformed federal and provincial forces, after cutting off national route 40, and arrested seven people, in addition to several protected minors, reported official sources.
The command entered the National Parks property in the early hours of the morning they occupied in 2017 through a “territorial recovery” action carried out by the Mapuche community of Lof Lafken Winkul Mapu.
Communication vehicles, mobile checkpoints, hydrant cars, vans and a riot truck also arrived at the scene.
