Rights activist ends 110-day hunger strike

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SANTIAGO, Chile — An indigenous-rights activist jailed for setting
fire
to a farm once owned by Mapuche Indians ended a 110-day hunger strike
Monday, government officials said.

Patricia Troncoso ended her fast after Chilean officials agreed to
transfer her to a rural prison and allow home leave on weekends,
benefits often granted for good behavior.

Troncoso, 37, has led the fight in Chile for indigenous land rights. In

2005, she was sentenced with four others to 10 years in prison for
setting fire to a farm in southern Chile. Two of her four cohorts
received the same concessions she did Monday.



Mapuche International Solidarity Network
mapucheinternationalsolidarity@gmail.com