[resumen.cl] A violent operation by the 'Comando Jungla' (special operation task) of the Chilean military police (Carabineros) in the Mapuche community of Temucuicui last Tuesday (August 7)  left one woman wounded by a shot fired at point-blank range, allegedly by a police officer. She was cared for in Temucuicui because of fears based on prior experience that, if transferred to a hospital, she might later be accused of assault police.

Alerts that the recently inaugurated 'Comando Jungla' of the military police might enter the Mapuche community of Temucuicui in the district of Ercilla began circulating on social media around mid-day. The operation, which, according to sources within the community, was apparently carried out by armoured helicopters and armed police, left resident Angélica Marilao with a wound from shotgun pellets in her leg, which, the victim states, was inflicted by police at point-blank range.

As reported by the electronic media outlet El Desconcierto, which spoke with community spokesperson Jorge Huenchullán, the wounded woman has thus far been cared for within the community 'because we don't trust the health system enough to take her to a doctor's surgery, because it's been our experience that peñis, brothers and sisters, who are brought in alive or seriously wounded are later accused of assault police. They play the victims and claim that they were attacked. We've had that experience already, and most people are cared for here by paramedics on a volunteer basis.'

Jorge stated that he was unaware of the reasons for the raid, and that, at approximately 11 AM, a large police contingent entered the community and proceeded to the house of the family of Werkén Walter Toris. The police invaded the house, firing at will - Jorge Huenchullán says - not just at that house, but also the house of Lonko Víctor Queipul: 'They spent about 10 minutes raiding and searching houses, but they didn't take anything, so we don't know what the reason for the raid was.'

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