a) Testimony of Aladino del Carmen Pereira Olivera on page 349, who states that on November 09, 1981, it was known that in the basement, where the dungeons were located, there were several “packages,” the name used to refer to the detainees.

He learned via the Carabineros radio that two armed subjects had stolen a Chevrolet Opala taxi, abandoning the driver at the intersection of Quilicura and Panamericana Norte, for which he proceeded according to regulations by broadcasting the taxi’s license plate number; however, minutes later he managed to see a vehicle with the same characteristics as the stolen car enter the barracks.

Upon going down to the courtyard, he realized it was the same taxi that had been stolen earlier; the agents who got out of the vehicle were two Carabineros belonging to the OS-7 who were on an extra-institutional assignment at the CNI Borgoño barracks.

They were Francisco Zúñiga Acevedo, nicknamed “el Gurka,” now deceased, and Lieutenant Hernán Américo Correa, nicknamed “Américo,” recalling that one of them remarked that the car was there for the night’s “little job.” That same day, a team from the agrupación blanco (white group), which was conducting identity checks, called the unit to verify data.

At that moment, Captain Álvaro Corbalán took the call, ordering the team to bring the subject to the barracks because he was going to use him that night, his exact words being: “Attention that team, this is eleven-zero-zero, bring that ‘asshole’ here because I need him for tonight.” Throughout that day, the special team led by Corbalán was preparing the vehicle with various incendiary materials such as gasoline and aluminum powder.

The following day, November 10, in the morning hours, while heading to the Borgoño Barracks, he read the press headlines reporting a confrontation between members of the MIR and CNI officials, which had occurred outside the home of former Foreign Minister Rojas Galdames.

Once I reached my desk, I found a folder prepared by the agrupación blanco, which at that time was in charge of the MIR; I managed to leaf through it and it contained the names of Juan Soto Cerda and Pantaleón Pincheira.

Subsequently, upon reviewing the news published in the press and realizing it involved the same vehicle he had seen entering the barracks the day before, he was able to establish that it was all a setup.

Source: Judiciary, January 29, 2010