At 4:30 a.m. on Sunday, September 4, 2022, on the eve of the beginning of an election day that sought to elucidate which would be the governing constitution, anonymous hands decided to stay away from the ballot boxes and close to the sabotage.
A thunderous noise shook the commune of Hualqui, in the Bio Bio Region near the city of Concepción. Specifically on the route that joins Hualqui with Quilacoya.
A Transelec high-voltage tower was completely knocked down, damaging those next to it. Despite the destruction, the electricity supply was not affected in the area.
With explosive charges, the persons unknown took the tower off its axis, four dynamite charges were installed, exploding only 3. At dawn, the police personnel managed to go to the sector and noticed not only the damage to the electrical infrastructure, but also a banner left by those responsible for the attack.
A black banner with white letters claimed responsibility for the action, signing it as “Resistencia Urbana Autónoma” (Autonomous Urban Resistance).
In the early hours, the government decided to lower the profile of the events, with the Undersecretary of the Interior Manuel Monsalve himself describing it as a “small incident” due to the fact that third parties had cut a tension cable. Shortly afterwards, he had to retract his statement in view of the evidence of the facts.
Personnel from the PDI-BIPE* traveled from Santiago to carry out the necessary investigations.
Claim banner:
“To actively sabotage the extractivist projects in the territories.
Who forgets the prisoners, forgets the struggle.
Freedom to Victor Llanquileo and to all the Mapuche, anarchist, subversive and revolt prisoners.
Resistencia Urbana Autónoma” (Autonomous Urban Resistance)
Source: Noticias de la Guerra Social
DN Note
*PDI-BIPE (Policía De Investigaciones De Chile-Brigada de Investigaciones Policiales Especiales, Investigations Police of Chile-Special Police Investigations Brigade), a sub unit of a unit that is equivalent to the FBI in the USA. Specialises in the investigation of kidnapping, extortion, terrorism, threats to State authorities, usurpation of public functions, crimes against State security and the crimes contemplated in Law No. 17.798 on Arms and Explosives Control. Likewise, it is responsible for the intervention as negotiation specialists in highly complex situations called “Critical Police Incidents”, i.e., hostage taking, riots, parapets, suicides, among others.
