The Temuco Court of Appeals confirmed the sentence convicting two former Carabineros for the consummated crime of qualified homicide of farmer Mario Enrique Dorner Caimapu, a crime against humanity perpetrated in July 1985 in the commune of Quemchi, Chiloé Province.

In a unanimous ruling (case file 2.085-2024), the First Chamber of the appellate court dismissed any infringement in the challenged sentence, issued by the extraordinary visiting judge Álvaro Mesa Latorre, which sentenced the former Carabineros corporal first class at the time of the events, Ramón Olaf Barrientos Lleuquén, to 12 years in prison, and the then-corporal second class, Nelson Omar Cárdenas Ortega, to 7 years in prison, both sentences to be served effectively, as author and accomplice, respectively.

Additionally, they were given the legal accessory penalties of absolute perpetual disqualification from public offices and political rights, and absolute disqualification for professional positions for the duration of the sentences.

In the judicial investigation and the sentence, it was established that agricultural worker Mario Dorner Caimapu, 24, married, was shot on July 25, 1985, at approximately 03:00 hours, by Cárdenas Ortega, who was part of a patrol of four Carabineros (traveling in a private vehicle) under the command of sergeant first class Emilio Roa Soldán (currently deceased), corporal first class Nelson Omar Cárdenas Ortega, and corporals second class Ramón Olfal Barrientos Llauquén and José Dagoberto Maldonado Ojeda, all belonging to the Quemchi Station.

The patrol arrived at the home of Mario Dorner, located in the Aucar sector, Quemchi commune, as they were conducting inquiries regarding cattle rustling and suspected that two individuals accused of committing said crime were at the residence, as they were brothers of Dorner Caimapu’s spouse.

According to the police report, the suspicions fell solely on individuals with the surname Cárcamo, and the order to investigate was dispatched only regarding them, with no mention of Mario Dorner Caimapu.

Upon arriving at the location, the uniformed patrol split up, with Carabineros Barrientos Llauquén and Maldonado Ojeda remaining outside, while Roa Soldán and Cárdenas Ortega entered the property, carrying their weapons and flashlights.

Once inside the home, corporal first class Nelson Cárdenas Ortega immediately entered the bedroom where Mario Dorner Caimapu, his spouse—who was pregnant—and their two young children were located.

In the darkness, Dorner Caimapu got out of bed to get dressed and was shot by corporal Cárdenas Ortega, leaving him seriously wounded in the abdominal area. In the meantime, the two suspects sought for the cattle rustling crime, Braulio Cárcamo Couto and José Cárcamo Miranda, had already been captured by the officers outside, who kept them subdued.

Despite the fact that Mario Dorner Caimapu was seriously wounded, the Carabineros patrol left the scene without providing aid or transporting him to a medical center, taking only the two detainees, Cárcamo Couto and Cárcamo Miranda, with them.

Hours later, medical personnel from the Quemchi clinic arrived at Dorner Caimapu’s home, transported the wounded man to a medical center, and subsequently to the Hospital de Ancud, where he died on September 23, 1985, due to his critical condition, with the death registry and death certificate recording the cause of death as peritonitis due to a gunshot wound.

Source: resumen.cl, August 9, 2025