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'Mr Tapia has justified his actions in a video he posted on YouTube on Monday 12 May, which has since gone viral and garnered over 55,000 views.

'In the five-minute video the artist and activist, translated by the Chilean news site Santiago Times, he passionately says: “You don’t have to pay another peso [of your student loan debt]. We have to lose our fear, our fear of being thought of as criminals because we’re poor. I am just like you, living a s**tty life, and I live it day by day -- this is my act of love for you.”

'He confessed he destroyed the papers without the knowledge of the students during a takeover at the university demanding free higher education.'

El artista chileno Francisco "papas fritas" Tapia confiesa y se auto – denuncia, como el autor material de la quema de las letras bancarias proyectadas en 500 millones de dólares, para liberar de deudas a todos los estudiantes de la Universidad del Mar.