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Two members of the radical group Weichan Auka Mapu (WAM) received a 24-year prison sentence for possessing war weapons and ammunition in Tirúa, Bío Bío. Miguel Llanquileo Cona and Eric Montoya Montoya were arrested with grenades, a submachine gun, a carbine and 500 ammunition of different calibers. The grenades, of national origin, had been delivered to a military unit.

The Cañete Prosecutor’s Office obtained sentences in total of 24 years in prison for the individuals convicted of violations of the weapons and reception law. Among the weapons seized from the subjects were nationally manufactured grenades that had been delivered to a military unit in the north of the country.

Two members of the radical organization Weichan Auka Mapu (WAM) who had ammunition and weapons of war were sentenced to 24 years in prison this Monday. in Tirúa, Bío Bío region.

It is about Miguel Llanquileo Cona and Eric Montoya Montoyaboth members of the violent WAM. Both were arrested on December 16, 2023 by Carabineros in the El Malo sector of the aforementioned commune.

They had their power in military weapons and ammunition for military use that was operational and suitable for firing, or for use in different types of firearms or as explosives.

Cañete prosecutor Danilo Ramos noted that among the items seized there were two grenades, a submachine gun, a carbine and approximately 500 ammunition of different calibers.


In addition, he referred to the origin of the grenades: “They were nationally manufactured, the FAMAE company, and had been delivered to a military unit in the first region,” stated the pursuer.

Also Two canvases alluding to the aforementioned criminal organization WAM were found..

Finally, after studying the weapons The ballistic coincidence of weapons used in 7 attacks between Bío Bío and Araucanía was proven.