Chile: Information on whether there has been any ongoing relationship, from 1991 to present, between the United Popular Action Movement (Movimiento de Acción Popular Unitaria or MAPU) and its splinter groups: The Rebel Popular Force (Fuerza Popular Rebelede or RPF), the Lautaro Youth Movement (Movimiento Juvenil Lautaro or MJL), the Lautaro Youth Front (Frente Juvenil Lautaro or FJL) and the Lautaro Rebel and Popular Forces (Fuerzas Rebeldes y Populares Lautaro or FRPL)
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 March 1995 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | CHL20261.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Chile: Information on whether there has been any ongoing relationship, from 1991 to present, between the United Popular Action Movement (Movimiento de Acción Popular Unitaria or MAPU) and its splinter groups: The Rebel Popular Force (Fuerza Popular Rebelede or RPF), the Lautaro Youth Movement (Movimiento Juvenil Lautaro or MJL), the Lautaro Youth Front (Frente Juvenil Lautaro or FJL) and the Lautaro Rebel and Popular Forces (Fuerzas Rebeldes y Populares Lautaro or FRPL), 1 March 1995, CHL20261.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ac0984.html [accessed 17 September 2023] |
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Information on the above-mentioned subject and on the Rebel Popular Force (Fuerza Popular Rebelede or RPF) could not be found among the sources consulted by the DIRB.
However, please find attached several reports on the activities, the deaths and the arrests of the members of the Lautaro Youth Movement (Movimiento Juvenil Lautaro or MJL), the Lautaro Youth Front (Frente Juvenil Lautaro or FJL), the Lautaro Rebel and Popular Forces (Fuerzas Rebeldes y Populares Lautaro or FRPL) and the United Popular Action Movement-Lautaro (Movimiento de Accíon Popular Unitaria-Lautaro or MAPU-Lautaro).
This response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find attached the list of sources consulted in researching this information request.
Attachments
Latin American Regional Reports: Southern Cone Report [London]. 11 August 1994. "Entire Lautaro Leadership in Gaol: Terrorist Group Still Not Dead Despite 'Mortal Blow'," p. 7.
_____. 6 August 1992. "'Mortal Blow' to Lautaro Extremists: Military Leader Arrested in Chance Gunfight with Police," pp. 2-3.
_____. 16 April 1992. "Chile: Violent 'Combatant's Day," p. 5.
_____. 6 February 1992. "Terrorists Caught," p. 3.
El Mercurio [Santiago, in Spanish]. 20 October 1994. "Imprisoned Mapu-Lautaro Leader Admits Group 'Weakening'." (FBIS-LAT-94-210 31 Oct. 1994, p. 54)
_____. 25 May 1994. "Mapu Lautaro Cell Dismantled in Santiago, Concepcion'." (FBIS-LAT-94-108 6 June 1994, p. 57)
_____. 1 March 1994. "Identity of Arrested Lautaro Leaders Confirmed." (FBIS-LAT-94-050 15 Mar. 1994, pp. 39-40)
_____. 28 June 1993. "MAPU Withdraws From Government Coalition, Rejects Frei." (FBIS-LAT-93-142 27 July 1993, pp. 56-57)
_____. 11 March 1993. "Seized Document Cites Dissent Within Lautaro Group." (FBIS-LAT-93-051 18 Mar. 1993, pp. 50-51)
_____. 20 July 1992. "Lautaro Youth Front 'Practically Disbanded'." (FBIS-LAT-92-146 29 July 1992, p. 27)
La Nacion [Santiago, in Spanish]. 19 February 1993. "Police Report Many MAPU-Lautaro Group Leaders in Jail." (FBIS-LAT-93-038 1 Mar. 1993, p. 27)
Radio Chilena Network [Santiago, in Spanish]. 6 April 1993. "Lautaro Movement Members Arrested." (FBIS-LAT-93-065 7 Apr. 1993, p. 28)
_____. 2 April 1993. "Lautaro Rebel, Popular Front Second in Command Remarks on Group's Status." (FBIS-LAT-93-063 5 Apr. 1993, p. 27)
_____. 31 March 1993. "Top Lautaro Group Leaders to Go to Court." (FBIS-LAT-93-061 1 Apr. 1993, pp. 27-28)
_____. 18 March 1993. "Lautaro Youth Movement Member Arrested for 'Terrorist' Attacks." (FBIS-LAT-93-052 19 Mar. 1993, p. 30)
_____. 21 November 1991. "Lautaro Youth Movement Attacks Municipal Offices." (FBIS-LAT-91-226 22 Nov. 1991, p. 27)
_____. 20 July 1991. "Rebel Group Claims Responsibility." (FBIS-LAT-91-140 22 July 1991, p. 46)
Radio Cooperativa Network [Santiago, in Spanish]. 24 February 1994. "Police Capture Seven Lautaro 'Terrorists'." (FBIS-LAT-94-038 25 Feb. 1994, p. 37)
_____. 7 April 1993. "MAPU Endorses Frei's Presidential Candidacy." (FBIS-LAT-93-066 8 Apr. 1993, p. 16)
_____. 10 January 1992. "'Top' Lautaro Youth Movement Leader Arrested." (FBIS-LAT-92-010 15 Jan. 1992, p. 36)
Radio Nacional de Chile Network [Santiago, in Spanish]. 27 July 1991. "MAPU Demonstrators Set Barricades in Conchali." (FBIS-LAT-91-145 29 July 1991, p. 38)
Television Nacional de Chile Imagen Internacional [Santiago, in Spanish]. 16 June 1994. "Lautaro Movement Leaders Arrested in Police Operation." (FBIS-LAT-94-117 17 June 1994, p. 33)
_____. 11 March 1994. "One of Lautaro's 'Most Dangerous' Members Arrested." (FBIS-LAT-94-048 11 Mar. 1994, p. 31)
_____. 27 March 1993. "Lautaro Group Member Dies in Clash with Carabineros." (FBIS-LAT-93-058 29 Mar. 1993, p. 31)
_____. 8 July 1991. "Details of Lautaro Youth Movement Attacks Reported: Lautaro Claims Responsibility." (FBIS-LAT-91-131 9 July 1991, p. 35).
Additional Sources Consulted
Communist and Marxist Parties of the World. 1990.
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. Yearly.
DIRB Country File, Chile
Human Rights Watch World Report. Yearly.
Latin American Regional Reports: Southern Cone Report [London]. January 1991-March 1995.
Political Handbook of the World 1992. 1992.
Political Parties of the Americas: 1980s-1990s. 1992.
Revolutionary and Dissident Movements: An International Guide. 1991.
Country-specific books available in the Resource Centre.