US EditionJones Huala Arrested for Encouraging Acts of Violence
- Facundo Jones Huala, head of the Mapuche Ancestral Resistance group, was taken into custody by the Argentine Federal Police on June 9, 2025, in the town of El Bolsón.
- Jones Huala’s arrest followed charges of public intimidation and criminal association based on statements endorsing sabotage made while promoting his book in Trevelin, Chubut.
- He was previously imprisoned for involvement in an arson incident in 2013, was deported from Chile in August 2024, and has long been associated with RAM’s violent activities in Patagonia.
- Security Minister Patricia Bullrich called RAM a violent terrorist group, celebrating Jones Huala’s detention and stating, "With us, there is no impunity."
- Authorities view the arrest as a firm step against RAM’s activities, signaling renewed efforts to prevent violence and maintain peace in southern Argentina.
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Jones Huala arrested for encouraging acts of violence
Mapuche Ancestral Resistance (RAM) leader Facundo Jones Huala was arrested in the Patagonian city of El Bolsón late Sunday by the Argentine Federal Police, following an order from the Bariloche Federal Prosecutor's Office for public intimidation, incitement to collective violence, apology for crime, and criminal association.
Facundo Jones Huala was arrested this Sunday in El Bolsón. This was communicated, through his social networks, by the Minister of National Security, Patricia Bullrich. The operation was carried out by personnel of the Argentine Federal Police (PFA) in a home in the town of Rionegrina, by order of the prosecutor’s office. “The RAM is a violent and terrorist organization. With us there is no impunity,” Bullrich said in the post published in his X …
The Federal Police gave their whereabouts following their close circle in Bariloche and El Bolsón. Bullrich celebrated: “There is no impunity with us.” The entry arrested the terrorist Facundo Jones Huala in El Bolsón was first published on Data 24.
He was arrested on Sunday night in the terminal of El Bolsón, accused of public intimidation, incitement to collective violence, advocacy of crime and criminal association. All these crimes were committed in February, based on his statements during the presentation of his book.
The Mapuche leader Facundo Jones Huala was arrested this Sunday night in the town of El Bolsón and transferred to the Federal Operational Unit Bariloche, where he is staying pending the indictment hearing, which will be held on Tuesday in the federal courts located on San Martín Street. The arrest was confirmed by the mother of the Mapuche referent, Isabel Huala, who shared on social networks a video from outside the security building, which was…
The Mapuche activist Facundo Jones Huala was arrested again by the Federal Police in the town of El Bolsón, province of Río Negro, in compliance with an order issued by the Federal Justice of San Carlos de Bariloche. The arrest took place on Sunday night and is based on a case that investigates him for alleged advocacy of the crime, incitement to collective violence, public intimidation and criminal association. The arrest order was issued follo…
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