On November 8, 2024, Julia left her home with her dog to look for stray animals. She never returned. One of her sons reported finding footprints near the tracks of a vehicle two days after the disappearance.

A tireless defender of the environment, Julia was not only the president but also the legal representative of a community recognized in 2014 by the National Corporation of Indigenous Development (CONADI), the state agency responsible for registering indigenous communities and associations.

Threats against it began in 2018, when part of the land maintained by the community of Putreguel became the property of Juan Carlos Morstadt Anwandter, a powerful rancher, agricultural entrepreneur and forester. CONADI never informed the community of this change. According to its members, the owner’s aim was to cut down and sell timber from native forests, and he harassed Julia to convince her to leave her land. Despite the pressure, she never gave in and continued to protect the forest.