Carlos Beniamino Acuña Morelli
Victim of the military dictatorship.
Background
Carlos Beniamino Acuña Morelli
Victim of the military dictatorship.
Case summary
Carlos Beniamino Acuña Morelli was an Army Major and head of the Central Nacional de Informaciones (CNI) in Temuco and the "Agrupación Café" during the 1980s. Under the alias "Patricio Vaccaro," he was legally prosecuted for his responsibility in acts of torture and illegitimate coercion committed against political prisoners.
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” [Brown] which did so with the MAPU and the Izquierda Cristiana. The deponent arrived at the latter in 1982; it was in charge of Army Captain Alejandro Morel Concha and composed of a Carabineros Sergeant called “ Pelao Galleguillos ”, a Corporal nicknamed “ Viejo Solís ”; others were “ El Fosforito ”, “ El Paloma ” and “ El Punta ”; at the end of 1983, Army Lieutenant Carlos Acuña Morelli, with the operational name “Patricio Vaccaro” , arrived in charge of the group.
Regarding Sergio Aguiló, he knew that an operation had been carried out for his arrest. He recalls the agent Felipe Villaseca Rodríguez, with whom he worked in the group and who was nicknamed “El Pajarito”. c) Carlos Beniamino Acuña Morelli (654), insofar as in 1978 he was sent to the
CNI
, with the operational name of “ Patricio Vaccaro Rioseco ”; subsequently, after March 1982, he took charge of the “ Café Group ”, tasked with investigating the MAPU and Izquierda Cristiana, replacing Army Lieutenant Alejandro Morel.
Source: Judiciary, June 4, 2012
Case Role 113.075: case of illegitimate coercion against students from Temuco
33.- Declaring, Mr. Carlos Beniarmino Acuña Morelli , at page 370, Major (ret.) of the Chilean Army, stated that he served as head of the CNI in Temuco between October 1986 and the beginning of 1989, his operational name being "Patricio Baccaro" .
He asserted that he replaced Major Jorge Palacios Mery in the position and that he was the only officer who was in Temuco upon his arrival. Furthermore, he indicated that during his tenure he did not have another officer as second-in-command, with Sub-officer Isaías Rubilar fulfilling this function.
Regarding the facts subject to the investigation, he declared having learned of the event through the press, but that in January 1986 he was stationed in Coihaique. He concluded by pointing out that the regional CNI offices dealt more with internal government situations, leaving investigations into subversives to the specialized agents in Santiago.
For this reason, if there was a guerrilla school in Lautaro, personnel from the capital must have come to arrest or interrogate them.
Source: Judiciary, October 30, 2009
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