A Struggle for Territory, a Struggle Against Borders.

On November 14, 2018, Camilo Catrillanca, a young man from the traditional Mapuche community of Temucuicui, was shot from behind and murdered, adding yet another weychafe, or young warrior, to the list of those lost in the fight for territory. A Chilean military police unit sent by the Sebastián Piñera administration fired the shot from an assault rifle.The state-led political violence of recent decades constitutes a low-intensity war in a region that security forces have deemed a red zone.