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. Continue reading “BioBio, Chile: Explosive attack knocks down high voltage pylons + Banner claimed by the “Autonomous Urban Resistance”” →
