Foto E Javier Astrada
On March 4th, Benetton’s Company Tierras del Sud instructed its lawyers to submit before legal instances a petition for the provisionary restitution of 565 hectares which had previously been recovered on February 14th, 2007 by the Mapuche community of Santa Rosa de Leleque.

In doing so, Benetton demands Judge Magallanes to remain in possession of the disputed area until the lawsuit is finally settled on behalf of any of the involved parties.

The company is now claiming that the provisional remedy that was decreed on March of 2007 has not been executed by Judge Magallanes; such provisional remedy required the community to avoid making any modification to the present state of the “property”.

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