Comunero Is Accused of Extortion of Farmer: Victim Paid $700 Thousand and Delivered 5,000 Kilos of Wheat

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Carabineros arrested a Mapuche comunero accused of extorting a farmer in Ercilla, in the region of La...

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Two persons were formalized by the Public Prosecutor's Office in the municipality of Ercilla, Region of La Araucanía, for their alleged involvement in extortion offences, wood theft and violations of the Drug Law and the Arms Law. The defendants were identified as Matías Huentecol, who served a probation sentence, and a 46-year-old woman. Both were arrested early Tuesday morning in an operation carried out by the OS-9 section of Carabineros. Acc…