Camilo Catrillanca was a Mapuche activist. On November 14, a newly created special ‘anti-terrorist’ unit of the Chilean police known as Comando Jungla entered the Mapuche traditional community of Temukuikui. Police special forces' version of events claimed Catrillanca was killed in a crossfire. Despite the official version of events, his death sparked condemnation and protests throughout Chile. Local civil society says Catrillanca’s death is the latest in a series of actions by the Chilean State which has come to the defence of the forestry industry and other firms that are exploiting southern Chile’s natural resources such a water. While the forestry industry argues that they have legally bought or rented large tracts of land in this part of the country, indigenous communities for years have complained about the negative environmental impacts of their logging activities which, allegedly results in soil erosion of indigenous crops and contaminates livestock food supplies. Numerous Mapuche communities have decided to fight back. According to statistics published by a local business association in the city of Temuco, in 2017, 43 attacks took place against logging companies which mainly involved arson.