Due to the perceived injustices they had been experiencing, they decided to start a hunger strike in hopes of changing the current property laws.
After the election of President Sebastian Piñeira, there was collusion between these owners and Carabineros, the Chilean gendarmerie in order to protect their interests.
The intervention of Carabineros escalated to violence because Mapuche protesters had set fire to machinery and land that had belonged to private owners.
On 12 July 2010, in response to their imprisonment, they decided to begin a hunger strike to protest against being charged under the terrorist act.
It was stated that individuals who have been declared guilty under the act of terrorism are forced to suffer through a more intense sentence in comparison to if they were charged under a criminal case.
She along with other Mapuche activists had been convicted with arson in 2002, when a fire caused mass destruction of 100 hectares of pine plantations.
All of these prisoners were apparent victims of receiving false allegations towards them such as attempted murder, injury done to the body, and setting fires.
Despite this conflict, there had been an unforeseen amount of support that was provided by four members of the Congress that were a part of the Human Rights Commission.
Due to their constant state of injustice there had been four Mapuche prisoners that began another hunger strike on 1 March 2011, which remained for 87 days in total.