SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - At least 15 trucks were torched in a southern region of Chile that the Mapuche indigenous community claims as its ancestral territory, authorities said Friday. The Chilean equivalent of the FBI said the trucks were burned in three attacks against logging companies. Firearm-wielding vandals forced the drivers to descend from their trucks before they set the vehicles on fire in the regions of Bio Bio and Araucania, about 430 miles (700 kilometers) south of the Chilean capital. Burnt trucks stand on the side of a road in Los Alamos in the southern region of Bio Bio, Chile, on Friday, Feb. 16, 2018. Chilean authorities say that at least 15 trucks were torched in a southern region that the Mapuche indigenous community claims as its ancestral territory.

Source: Daily Mail February 16, 2018 17:40 UTC