The Court of Appeals of Concepción issued a ruling in the investigation into the kidnapping of 29 people between September and November 1973, within the framework of the military dictatorship. The visiting judge Carlos Aldana of the Court of Appeals of Concepción issued a first-instance sentence in the investigation into the kidnappings of 29 people, which occurred in the towns of Quilaco and Santa Bárbara, Bíobío Region, between September and November 1973.

The magistrate issued convictions against the individuals who participated in the aggravated kidnappings that occurred in Santa Bárbara of José Rafael Zúñiga Aceldini, José Secundino Zúñiga Aceldini, José Gilberto Araneda, Juan de Dios Rubio Llancao, Julio Rubio Llancao, José María Tranamil Pereira, José Guillermo Purrán Treca, José Domingo Godoy Acuña, Julio César Godoy Godoy, Desiderio Aguilera Solís, José Nazario Godoy Acuña, Manuel Salamanca Mella, José Mariano Godoy Acuña, Miguel Cuevas Pincheira, Juan de Dios Fuentes Lizama, Juan Francisco Fuentes Lizama, Elba Burgos Sáez, Sebastián Hernaldo Campos Díaz, Aliro Oporto Durán, and Sergio D'Apollonio Petermann. Meanwhile, the sentence also covers the kidnappings that occurred in Quilaco of Cristino Humberto Cid Fuentealba, José Félido Pinto, Luis Alberto Cid, Luis Alberto Bastas Sandoval, Raimundo Salazar Muñoz, Gabriel José Viveros Flores, Segundo Marcial Soto Quejón, and José Roberto Molina Quezada. Those sentenced for the Santa Bárbara kidnappings are:

• Planté Euclide Aravena Sáez: 10 years and 1 day. Without benefits.
• Héctor Isaías Echeverría Beltrán: 7 and a half years. Without benefits.
• José Jaime Godoy Godoy: 7 years. Without benefits.
• José Heraldo Pulgar Riquelme: 7 years. Without benefits.
• Jorge Denis Domínguez Larenas: 6 and a half years. Without benefits.
• Sergio Amado Fuentes Valenzuela: 6 and a half years. Without benefits.
• Jorge Eduardo Valdivia Dames: 6 and a half years. Without benefits.
• José Roberto Valdivia Dames: 6 and a half years. Without benefits.
• Luis Enrique Ricardo Barrueto Barting: 6 and a half years. Without benefits.
• Manuel Dario Barrueto Barting: 6 and a half years. Without benefits.
• Pedro Segundo Ruiz Pardo: 541 days. The benefit of conditional remission was granted.
• Meanwhile, those convicted for the Quilaco kidnappings are:
• Eugenio Villa Urrutia: 7 years. Without benefits.
• José Eleodoro Burgos Sandoval: 7 years. Without benefits.
• Juan Carlos Burgos Belauzarán: 7 years. Without benefits.
• Carlos Santiago Sepúlveda Rivera: 7 years. Without benefits.
• José Feliciano Gutiérrez Ortiz: 7 years. Without benefits.
• Exequiel del Carmen Celedón Barrera: 7 years. Without benefits.

In addition, the civil lawsuit filed against the state treasury was accepted, determining that 60 million pesos must be paid to Gretel del Carmen Godoy Acuña for the kidnapping of her brother Sebastián Campos Díaz; 80 million pesos to Jacinta Godoy Acuña for the kidnapping of her spouse Manuel Salamanca Mella, and 15 million pesos for the kidnapping of her brothers José Domingo, José Nazario, and José Mariano Godoy Acuña; 70 million pesos to Ana María D'Apollonio Zapata for the kidnapping of her father Sergio D'Apollonio Petermann; 70 million pesos to Ana María Zúñiga Beroiza for the kidnapping of her father José Zúñiga Aceldini, and 10 million pesos for the kidnapping of her uncle José Secundino Zuñiga Aceldini. Meanwhile, those convicted must jointly pay 80 million pesos to Norma Panes Panes, spouse of Miguel Cuevas Pincheira, and 40 million pesos to Maritza Pilar, Fabiola del Carmen, Víctor Hugo, Dorian Inés, and Miguel Ángel Cuevas Panes (children of Miguel Cuevas Pincheira), as this family group did not file an action against the state treasury.

Source: La Nación, June 15, 2011

Execution of sentence ordered against retired Carabineros and civilians for aggravated kidnappings in Quilaco and Santa Bárbara

Judge Aldana instructed that the eleven individuals sentenced to effective prison terms serve them in penal facilities in the Biobío Region. The extraordinary visiting judge for human rights violation cases of the Court of Appeals of Concepción, Carlos Aldana Fuentes, initiated the execution of the sentence that convicted a group of retired Carabineros and civilians for their responsibility in the consummated crime of the aggravated kidnapping of Sergio D'Apollonio Petermann, Miguel Cuevas Pincheira, Cristino Humberto Cid Fuentealba, José Felidor Pinto Pinto, Luis Alberto Cid Cid, Luis Alberto Bastías Sandoval, Raimundo Salazar Muñoz, Gabriel José Viveros Flores, Segundo Marcial Soto Quijón, and José Roberto Molina Quezada. These crimes were perpetrated in the communes of Santa Bárbara and Quilaco between September and December 1973. In the resolution (criminal case file 372, Santa Bárbara episode), Judge Aldana began today—Thursday, February 2—with the notification to those convicted in the case: Héctor Isaías Echeverría Beltrán, who must serve a sentence of 11 years in prison as the perpetrator of eight crimes of aggravated kidnapping; and José Roberto Valdivia Dames, who must serve five years in prison for the kidnapping of Miguel Cuevas Pincheira. In the coming days, the instructing judge will continue notifying the sentences to Exequiel Celedón Barra, 10 years and one day in prison as the perpetrator of the crimes of aggravated kidnapping of Cristino Humberto Cid Fuentealba and José Felidor Pinto Pinto; Jorge Eduardo Valdivia Dames, 5 years in prison for the aggravated kidnapping of Miguel Cuevas Pincheira; Jorge Denis Domínguez Larenas must serve an equal sentence as the perpetrator of three crimes of aggravated kidnapping; and Eugenio Villa Urrutia, Juan Carlos Burgos Belauzarán, and José Feliciano Gutiérrez Ortiz will serve 4 years of supervised release for seven aggravated kidnappings. Judge Aldana instructed that the eleven individuals sentenced to effective prison terms serve them in penal facilities in the Biobío Region. by Claudia A. Fuentes Riveros

Source: latribuna.cl, February 2, 2023