Court Maintains Judgment Absolves Mapuche Community Members in Case of Wood Theft in Panguipulli

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The Court of Appeal of Valdivia rejected the appeal of nullity that sought to render ineffective the ruling that acquitted 18 Mapuche community members for theft of wood in Panguipulli, after establishing that the evidence did not prove their participation in the crime. A group of unknown individuals had stolen native species between 2018 and 2019 in a property located in the Trafun sector, in the town of Liquiñe, which, according to the Public …