Weichán Auka Mapu
| Rebel Territory Struggle | |
|---|---|
| Weichán Auka Mapu | |
The group's logo, commonly used on the pamphlets left behind after their attacks. | |
| Leader | Collective leadership |
| Foundation | Mid-2011 |
| Split from | Coordinadora Arauco-Malleco |
| Country | Chile |
| Motives | Vindication, recovery and liberation of the Mapuche historical territories over the Chilean State |
| Active regions | Southern Zone: |
| Ideology | Collectivist anarchism Anti-capitalism Anti-colonialism Anti-fascism Indigenism Independence anarchism |
| Political position | Far-left |
| Status | Active |
| Size | c. 20 militants |
| Allies |
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| Opponents | Government of Chile: |
Weichán Auka Mapu (WAM) (English: Rebel Territory Struggle) is a Mapuche armed and revolutionary organization that operates mainly in southern Chile, being a supporter of armed struggle through arson attacks, sabotage actions and clashes with firearms against police officers, in order to achieve full autonomy for the Mapuche people.
The WAM was founded in 2011, as a splinter group from the Coordinadora Arauco Malleco. It committed its first action on 17 December 2013, with an arson attack on a management house in Vilcún.
In May 2022, the Chamber of Deputies of Chile declared the Coordinadora Arauco-Malleco, Resistencia Mapuche Malleco, Resistencia Mapuche Lafkenche, and Weichán Auka Mapu as "illegal terrorist organizations."
As of December 2024 Weichán Auka Mapu rejects drug trafficking but admits that it had been the practice of some of its members in the past.