Pablo José Duarte Vallejos
Victim of the military dictatorship.
Background
Pablo José Duarte Vallejos
Victim of the military dictatorship.
Case summary
Pablo José Duarte Vallejos was a Carabineros non-commissioned officer prosecuted and convicted for his responsibility in aggravated kidnappings and forced disappearances that occurred in Parral during the dictatorship. He is specifically linked to the cases of victims Gaspar Hernández and José Riveros Chávez, who were detained between 1973 and 1974 by members of that institution.
MemoriaViva[1]
The judge, with preferential dedication to human rights cases, indicted retired Army Colonel Hugo Cardemil and retired Carabineros Colonel Pablo Caulier Grandt for aggravated kidnapping, as well as former non-commissioned officers of the uniformed police Pablo José Duarte Vallejos and Luis Alberto Hidalgo.
One of the cases relates to the disappearance of Gaspar Hernández, a farmer with no political affiliation, who was detained on October 14, 1974, in a rural sector of Parral. Meanwhile, the second victim was José Riveros Chávez, also without political affiliation, detained on October 11, 1973, by Carabineros officers.
In August of last year, the former officers were convicted by special judge Alejandro Solís as perpetrators of nearly 30 counts of aggravated kidnapping. The sentences were 17 years for Colonel Cardemil, ten years for Colonel Caulier, and seven years for former Carabineros officer Hidalgo.
Solís traveled today to the Seventh Region to take statements from nearly 12 former political prisoners, who could provide information regarding the human rights violation cases he is investigating.
Source: El Mostrador, January 16, 2004
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