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{{Short description|Chilean policeman}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Eugenio Nain
| image              = Eugenio Nain.png
| caption            = Eugenio Nain in 2016.
| birth_name         = Eugenio Sebastián Nain Caniumil
| birth_date         = {{Birth date|1996|4|13}}
| birth_place        = [[Temuco]], [[Chile]]
| death_date         = {{Death date and age|2020|10|30|1996|4|13}}
| death_place        = [[Temuco]], [[Chile]]
| death_cause        = Gunshot wound
| occupation         = [[Police officer]]
| years_active       = 2016-2020
| spouse             = Daihanna Sabrina Pereira Soto
| children           = 2
}}
{{family name hatnote|Nain|Caniumil|lang=Spanish}}'''Eugenio Sebastián Nain Caniumil''' (13 April 1996 – 30 October 2020) was a [[Chile|Chilean]] [[Carabineros de Chile|policeman]] and secondary [[corporal]] who was shot to death by an unidentified armed group in the [[Padre Las Casas, Chile|Padre Las Casas]] commune.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Donoso|first=Ignacio|date=2020-10-31|title=Police Officer Killed in Ambush in La Araucanía|url=https://chiletoday.cl/police-officer-killed-in-ambush-in-la-araucania/?no_cache=1|access-date=2021-03-29|website=Chile Today}}</ref> His death occurred during the social context of the [[Mapuche conflict|Araucanía Conflict]] and the [[2019–2020 Chilean protests|Chilean social outburst]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Martínez|first=Brenda|date=2020-10-30|title=Quién era Eugenio Nain, el carabinero que murió baleado en Metrenco|url=https://www.eldinamo.cl/nacional/2020/10/30/eugenio-nain-carabinero-baleado-en-la-araucania-fallecido/|access-date=2021-03-29|website=El Dínamo|language=es}}</ref>
== Biography ==
Nain was born in the Chilean city of [[Temuco]], capital of the [[Araucanía Region]], on April 13, 1996,<ref>{{Cite book|title=Certificado de Nacimiento|publisher=[[Civil Registry and Identification Service of Chile]]|year=1996|location=Chile}}</ref> to Christian Roberto Nain Norambuena and Johanna Jacqueline Caniumil Hueichaleo,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-10-30|title=Carabinero asesinado en Temuco: ingresó en 2016 y tenía dos hijos|url=https://www.ex-ante.cl/carabinero-de-asesinado-en-temuco-ingreso-en-2016-y-tenia-dos-hijos/|access-date=2021-03-29|website=Ex-Ante|language=es}}</ref> and was of [[Mapuche]] descent.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2020-11-01|title=Tía de cabo Eugenio Nain: "A él no lo mataron por ser carabinero, lo mataron por ser mapuche"|url=https://www.elmostrador.cl/noticias/multimedia/2020/11/01/tia-de-cabo-eugenio-nain-a-el-no-lo-mataron-por-ser-carabinero-lo-mataron-por-ser-mapuche/|access-date=2021-03-19|website=El Mostrador|language=es}}</ref> He joined the [[Carabineros de Chile|Carabineros]] police force on January 16, 2016.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|date=2020-10-30|title=La insólita pugna tras el asesinato de un carabinero mapuche|url=https://ellibero.cl/actualidad/la-insolita-pugna-tras-el-asesinato-de-un-carabinero-mapuche/|website=El Libero|language=es}}</ref> His half-brother, Iván Antonio Vidal Caniumil, is also a police officer.<ref name=":2" /> At the time of his death, he was married to Daihanna Sabrina Pereira Soto and had two children, who were six years and seven months old.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-11-01|title=Las desgarradoras palabras de la viuda del carabinero asesinado en Metrenco Eugenio Nain Caniumil|url=https://araucaniadiario.cl/contenido/8359/las-desgarradoras-palabras-de-la-viuda-del-carabinero-asesinado-en-metrenco-euge|access-date=2021-03-29|website=Araucanía Diario|language=es}}</ref>
=== Death ===
On the morning of Friday, October 30, 2020, Nain went along with other members of the Carabineros to Ruta 5 Sur, near the Cantera de Metrenco sector in Temuco, where the highway had been blocked due to a protest with [[barricade]]s. Nain had no knowledge of public law enforcement, and had come to the scene in an unarmored vehicle.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last1=Ortiz|first1=Diego|last2=Huenchumil|first2=Paula|date=2020-10-31|title=Qué se sabe –y qué no– sobre el asesinato del carabinero en la Araucanía|url=https://interferencia.cl/articulos/que-se-sabe-y-que-no-sobre-el-asesinato-del-carabinero-en-la-araucania|access-date=2021-03-29|website=Interferencia|language=es}}</ref> As seen in an almost minute-long video recorded from a moving truck, a loud shot was heard a few moments after Nain got out of the vehicle.<ref name=":0" /> Following the shooting, Nain was transferred to the Regional Hospital of Temuco, where he died.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-10-30|title=Gobierno condena ataque que terminó con carabinero fallecido en La Araucanía: es un hecho "deleznable, brutal, cruel y cobarde"|url=https://www.elmostrador.cl/dia/2020/10/30/gobierno-condena-ataque-que-termino-con-carabinero-fallecido-en-la-araucania-es-un-hecho-deleznable-brutal-cruel-y-cobarde/|access-date=2021-03-29|website=El Mostrador}}</ref>
== Reactions ==
[[Mario Rozas]], then-General Director of the Carabineros, said he felt "anger and impotence" over the murder of Nain. He commented:<ref>{{Cite web|last=Carabineros de Chile|author-link=Carabineros de Chile|title=General Director: "El Cabo 2do Eugenio Nain Caniumil ha sido asesinado cobardemente y este hecho NO quedará impune. Le pido a mis compatriotas, le pido a USTED, que nos ayude a encontrar a estos desgraciados, a estos infelices y colocarlos a disposición de la Justicia".|url=https://twitter.com/carabdechile/status/1322205303279071232|access-date=2021-03-29|website=|language=es|via=[[Twitter]]}}</ref>
{{Blockquote|text=2nd Corporal Eugenio Nain Caniumil has been cowardly assassinated and this act will NOT go unpunished. I ask my compatriots, I ask YOU, to help us find these miserable people, these wretches and place them at the disposal of Justice.|author=Mario Rozas, via [[Twitter]]}}
On the part of the government, the act was condemned, and President [[Sebastián Piñera]] made a call to "depose, exile and end the violence." [[Víctor Pérez Varela]], then-Minister of the Interior, declared that the murder was "a painful event for [[Chile]] and La Araucanía," and visited the area the same day.
Benjamín Olave Huichaleo, Nain's uncle and fellow policeman, harshly criticized the conditions in which they worked in the field, and Temuco Hospital he called for General Rozas to "put on his pants".<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Becerra|first1=Alejandra|last2=Sanhueza|first2=Ana María|date=2020-10-30|title=La muerte de un carabinero en La Araucanía despierta el repudio de La Moneda y críticas internas|url=https://www.pauta.cl/politica/muerte-cabo-carabineros-eugenio-nain-caniumil-emboscada-criticas-tio|access-date=2021-03-29|website=Pauta|language=es-CL}}</ref>
The Mapuche community of Lof Rofue wrote in a statement:<ref name=":0" />
{{Blockquote|text=As Lof, we do not have a further record of the events that occurred in the death of this policeman. However, we regret the death of a Mapuche, who in defense of the interests of the rich, offers his life. Likewise, we also deeply regret the murders of our ''pu peñi'' and ''pu lamien'' at the hands of the Chilean and [[Government of Argentina|Argentine state]], along with the fact that they have not received justice.|author=}}
== Tributes and legacy ==
[[File:Eugenio Nain ceremony.jpg|thumb|259x259px|Ceremony in honor of Eugenio Nain held on November 1, 2020.]]
On January 13, 2021, he was posthumously promoted to noncommissioned officer in a ceremony at the Temuco Police Training School, which was attended by the General Director of the Carabineros [[Ricardo Yáñez]], and the Minister of the Interior Rodrigo Delgado. Yáñez stated:
{{Blockquote|text=This is very important for the Institution. This recognition expresses the feelings and soul of each one of the Carabineros in the face of a very painful situation, such as the murder of one of our own.|author=}}
Daihanna Pereira, Nain's widow, who present at the ceremony with her children and family, also said:
{{Blockquote|text=I feel that he earned it and deserves it... he loved his Institution very much, he gave everything for his work, for his uniform... this is for him, to his honor, to always remember him and never forget|author=}}
Minister Delgado added:<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-01-13|title=Suboficial Mayor Eugenio Nain: General Director preside ceremonia de ascenso póstumo al mártir 1.221 de Carabineros de Chile|url=https://araucanianoticias.cl/2021/suboficial-mayor-eugenio-nain-general-director-preside-ceremonia-de-ascenso-pstumo-al-mrtir-1-221-de-carabineros-de-chile/0113195232|access-date=2021-03-29|website=Araucanía Noticias Temuco|language=es}}</ref>
{{Blockquote|text=[Eugenio Nain] is another martyr of the Carabineros, murdered in a rather cowardly way. I think it is very important to give him recognition, in the acknowledgment of those who have fallen during their work duty, especially in the case of the Carabineros, when they take an oath to give their lives for others.|author=}}Nain's aunt claimed that:<ref name=":1" />
{{Blockquote|text=We have been left abandoned. They did not kill him for being a policeman, they killed him for being a Mapuche, is what I can say.|author=}}
== See also ==
* [[Shooting of Camilo Catrillanca]]
* [[Mapuche conflict]]
== References ==
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[[Category:Mapuche conflict]]
[[Category:2020 in Chile]]
[[Category:Deaths by firearm in Chile|Nain, Eugenio]]
[[Category:Carabineros de Chile]]
[[Category:Law enforcement controversies in Chile]]
[[Category:History of Araucanía Region]]
[[Category:October 2020 events in Chile]]
[[Category:Deaths by person in Chile|Nain]]