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Crackdown on protestors of Chilean copper mine leaves eight injured

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Desdemona Despair

[Translation by Microsoft Translator. –Des]

6 March 2015 (El Ciudadano) – Yesterday, Wednesday 4 March, in Salamanca, Choapa Valley (IV Region of Coquimbo) police violently cracked down on hundreds of people mobilized, demanding a solution to the environmental crisis, suffering for years product of the functioning of the Los Pelambres.

With the arrival of three police  helicopters and roadblocks by land, today it has lived a day of violent repression against the communities that are mobilized from February 16 to demand product of the mining operation and support solution to the serious social and environmental crisis provoked in the Choapa Valley to the village of caimans which has mobilized to demand that minera Los Pelambres comply with the ruling of the Supreme Court that the 22 October he ordered the restitution of the waters to the estero El Pupio.

The day has so far left a balance of eight wounded in the town of LLimpo and a detainee who is being held in Los Vilos. The injured include one serious by an eye injury. The injured are being transported on foot to private care centers.

Special forces of police with the support of 3 police helicopters are parapetados at the stadium in Salamanca, which is used as a center of operations for repressive actions.

Should be recalled that the community of alligators kept the way taken up by more than 70 days to the dam of El Mauro tailings, to demand that the mining company of the Lucksic group meets the mandate of the Supreme Court of return water to the estero El Pupio. After being dislodged by a strong police contingent that has been bet in the town, various localities have joined the mobilization to demand a solution to the profound social and environmental crisis, product use and contamination of the waters of the Valley of the Choapa.

Social Movement for the recovery of water and life.

[En Español]

Ayer miércoles 4 de marzo, en Salamanca, Valle del Choapa (IV Región de Coquimbo) Carabineros reprimió violentamente a cientos de personas movilizadas que exigen una solución a la crisis ambiental que sufren desde hace años producto del funcionamiento de Minera Los Pelambres.

Con la llegada de tres helicópteros policiales y bloqueos por tierra, hoy se ha vivido una jornada de violenta represión contra las comunidades que se encuentran movilizadas desde el 16 de Febrero para exigir solución a la grave crisis social y ambiental provocada en el valle del Choapa producto del funcionamiento de la Minera y en apoyo al pueblo de Caimanes que se ha movilizado para exigir que minera Los Pelambres cumpla el fallo de la Corte Suprema que el 22 de Octubre ordenó la restitución de las aguas al estero El Pupio.

La jornada ha dejado hasta ahora un saldo de ocho heridos en la localidad de LLimpo y un detenido que está siendo formalizado en Los Vilos. Entre los heridos se cuenta uno grave por una herida en un ojo. Los heridos están siendo transportados  a pie hacia centros de atención privados.

Fuerzas Especiales de carabineros con apoyo de 3 helicópteros policiales se encuentran parapetados en el estadio de Salamanca, el que es usado como centro de operaciones para las acciones represivas.

Cabe recordar que la comunidad de Caimanes mantuvo tomado por más de 70 días el camino hacia el tranque de relaves El Mauro, para exigir que la minera del grupo Lucksic cumpla con el mandato de la Corte Suprema de devolver las aguas al estero El Pupio. Luego de ser desalojados por un fuerte contingente policial que se ha apostado en la localidad, diversas localidades se han sumado a la movilización para exigir una solución a la profunda crisis social y ambiental, producto de la utilización y contaminación de las aguas del Valle del Choapa.

Movimiento Social por la Recuperación del Agua y la Vida.

Violent repression in Choapa Valley left eight injured


Source: http://www.desdemonadespair.net/2015/03/crackdown-on-protestors-of-chilean.html


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