Mary O’Grady writes on Fire and Terrorism in Chile. Setting churches and forests afire is the modus operandi of guerrillas in the south.
More than one million acres in the center and south of Chile have gone up in flames since July 2016, with almost 70% of the destruction occurring last month. The affected area is larger than the state of Rhode Island. At least 11 people have died and more than 1,000 homes have been destroyed.
There is now evidence that
Some fires have been intentionally set and this has elevated concerns in rural Chile about the rise in organized violence against civilians and private property by left-wing extremists aiming to topple the democracy. Ms. Bachelet was warned about the threat during her first term (2006-10), as was former President Sebastian Piñera (2010-14). Neither acted.
O’Grady writes that “left-wing extremist groups—claiming to represent the indigenous Mapuche” in La Auraucanía, Los Ríos and Bío Bío have been linked in the past to not only the Chilean Communist Party, but also to – surprise! – the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.
As you may recall from my prior post, Brazil’s largest criminal organization, the PCC (Primeiro Comando da Capital – First Capital Command) is recruiting Colombian FARC members.
InSight Crime reports,
Colombia’s peace agreement with the FARC grants the guerrillas 10 congressional seats in 2018, but their transition from illegal armed group to political movement will most likely be concentrated in local positions in their traditional areas of influence.
In plain English, that means that the FARC is well on its road to becoming a political power in Colombia . . . while its members branch out into criminal and terrorist activities throughout the hemisphere.
Rust never sleeps and neither do communists. We are seeing the full-blown effects of their decades-long subversion techniques in the anti-Trump hysteria in the US now. What is sadly amazing is how people continually ignore the real horror of the history of this would-be utopia fantasy built on piles of skulls. One look at the Venezuelan disaster should be enough to dissuade anyone from this cursed adventure, but it appears they have to live through it and learn the hard way because they have no memory of things too far in the past.
O’Grady writes that “left-wing extremist groups—claiming to represent the indigenous Mapuche” in La Auraucanía, Los Ríos and Bío Bío have been linked in the past to not only the Chilean Communist Party, but also to – surprise! – the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.
When Allende was President, the MIR sponsored takeovers of farms in southern Chile. A common chant of the time was, “Momio escucha. El campo está en lucha.” Listen, reactionary/mummy. There’s a struggle going on in the countryside.
Good times, good times. 🙂
Fausta,
Has Colombia gotten any benefits yet or is this the typical Obama deal where the bad guys get everything up front?
The benefit so far has been a decrease in violence. Otherwise, it’s the usual Obama deal, and it’ll cost the US money