Incas in Central Chile and Uspallata Pass (32º50' S). This attack from the east would have been done in order to avoid the more direct but inhospitable routes crossing the Atacama Desert. José Toribio Medina claimed in 1882 that the Incas entered Central Chile from both north and east. Troops of the Inca Empire are reported to have reached Maule River and had a battle with Mapuches from Maule River and Itata River there. After securing the regions of northern Chile, Copiapó, Coquimbo, Aconcagua and the Maipo Valley around what is now Santiago, the Inca general Sinchiruca sent 20,000 men down to the valley
Sport in Chile Senior Division of Chile (DIMAYOR) is the professional league which involves twelve teams, and the current champion is "Club Liceo Mixto de Los Andes". Basketball is played mainly in the south part of the country, generally at the university level. Unlike football, basketball has South American men's titles at various levels, and a world women's basketball sub-championship. Chile was third in world men's basketball in 1950 and 1954. At the club level, Thomas Bata was the champion of "Campeonato Sudamericano de Clubes Campeones" in basketball in 1967 — the only South American Pacific Coast club with this achievement. Cricket has