Rolando Antonio Ibarra Ortega, married, 1 child, farmer, and Edelmiro Antonio Valdez Sepúlveda, married, 6 children, farmer, who were brothers-in-law, were detained on October 25, 1974, around 9:00 in the morning, when they voluntarily presented themselves at the Parral Carabineros Station, where they had been summoned the previous day.

Days earlier, on October 17, a confrontation took place between Carabineros and cattle rustlers in the area, resulting in the deaths of two police officers. Following these events, a large operation was carried out, particularly focused on the search for the habitual criminal José Rogelio Hernández Manríquez, nicknamed "El Aguila" (The Eagle), the alleged perpetrator of the deaths.

Rolando Ibarra rented a plot of land located in the Capellanía sector within the Fundo Torca Chico, which was owned by Hernández's partner.

On October 20, days after the confrontation occurred, Ibarra was detained by the Parral Carabineros on suspicion of a possible connection to "El Aguila," but he was released the following day for lack of evidence.

However, on October 24, police officers Guillermo Morales, Anselmo Ortega, and Raúl Torres Araya arrived at his home on the plot. Upon not finding him, they left a summons for him to appear at the Parral Carabineros Station, also extending this notification to his brother-in-law, Edelmiro Valdez Sepúlveda, who worked for him.

Both complied with the order and presented themselves together to the police authority the following day. During this process, they were accompanied by Ibarra's sister—and Valdez's spouse—Magaly Parada, who, after waiting for them for a while, went home and returned at noon.

On that occasion, Sub-officer Guillermo Morales told her that her relatives had been transferred to Chillán to provide statements.

At the Military Prosecutor's Office in Chillán, they consistently denied these detentions to both Ibarra's mother, María Teresa López, and his sister Magaly. However, after about twenty days, during one of her visits to this tribunal, Mrs.

López was able to see her son-in-law, Edelmiro Valdez, in one of the offices, giving a statement. Upon noticing her presence, the officials removed Valdez from her sight and, once again, denied his presence there.

A week later, an Army officer named Santos Ibáñez confided to her that her relatives had indeed been at the Chillán Regiment, but that they had been taken to the Military Prosecutor's Office in that city.

In relation to these operations carried out in Parral and its surroundings with the objective of finding Hernández Manríquez, Venedicto Sepúlveda Valenzuela and José Muñoz Sepúlveda were also apprehended on October 18, Alcibíades Valenzuela Retamal on the 20th of the same month, and finally, Aroldo Pereira Meriño and his son Luis Alcídes Pereira Hernández on the 25th.

All of them have been forcibly disappeared since then, as have Rolando Ibarra and Edelmiro Valdez.

Nevertheless, the arrest of Alcibíades Valenzuela was acknowledged by both the Parral Carabineros and those of the San Carlos Station, the latter being the facility to which he was taken by the former.

According to the Commissioner of San Carlos, in a writ of amparo filed on behalf of Valenzuela before the Court of Chillán, the detainee was handed over on October 21 to the CIRE (Regional Intelligence Command), via Official Letter No. 418 of that date.

JUDICIAL AND/OR ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS

On November 22, 1974, the families filed a writ of amparo before the Chillán Court of Appeals, case file 94.089, on behalf of Ibarra Ortega, Valdez Sepúlveda, Aroldo Pereira Meriño, and his son Luis Alcides Pereira Hernández.

The Judge of Parral informed the Court that the affected individuals had not been placed at his disposal; however, he was aware that they were to be prosecuted by the Military Prosecutor's Office in relation to the criminal nicknamed "El Aguila." Despite this information, none of them were registered as detained in the prisons of Parral, San Carlos, or Chillán, according to reports from the respective wardens, nor had they been placed at the disposal of the Criminal Courts of those cities.

With this information, the amparo was dismissed for lack of grounds. This resolution was appealed by the sponsoring lawyer, who pointed out in the document that the case had been added and placed on the back of the docket without being indicated with due clarity, and the hearing proceeded without anyone being able to notice the fact.

The Third Chamber of the Supreme Court, after receiving the report from the Court of Chillán indicating that the hearing of the appeal had been communicated "to the lawyers and the public who were in the hallways of the Tribunal at that moment," confirmed the appealed resolution.

On February 12, 1975, another writ of amparo was filed, this time on behalf of Edelmiro Valdez, before the Court of Chillán, case file 94564, which was likewise dismissed after receiving a report from the Commissioner of Parral denying the detentions.

However, it was resolved to send the records to the Criminal Judge of Parral so that an investigation into the alleged disappearance could be opened. There is no information regarding the outcome of this case ordered by the Court.

On April 11, 1979, a third writ of amparo was filed before the same Court, this time on behalf of both victims, which was again rejected, but the records were sent to the Parral Court to investigate the reported facts.

Thus, on April 20, 1979, case file 33.489 was opened at the Parral Court of Letters regarding the alleged disappearance of Rolando Ibarra Ortega and Edelmiro Valdez Sepúlveda.

According to the Investigations police, the criminal nicknamed "El Aguila" had committed suicide on October 23, 1974, at 11:00 hours, in the Monte Flor sector southwest of Parral. That is, two days before the affected individuals were detained.

The Commissioner of Parral, on the other hand, replied that it was not possible to provide information regarding these detentions because the documentation corresponding to the year 1974 had been incinerated.

However, the Carabineros who issued the summons acknowledged having done so when testifying before the Tribunal. First Sergeant Anselmo Ortega indicated that he did not know if they had complied with the order or not, while Second Corporal Raúl Antonio Torres Araya and Sub-officer Major Guillermo Morales Maureira stated that they knew they had not appeared at the police facility.

Nothing was asked of Morales regarding the information he provided to Valdez's spouse, to the effect that the detainees had been transferred to Chillán.

The Military Prosecutor's Office of Chillán reported that the affected individuals had not been placed at its disposal, nor was there any case against them in that tribunal.

On July 20, 1979, the summary investigation was closed and the case was temporarily dismissed because the crime could not be proven. On the 30th of the same month, the Court of Chillán approved this resolution.

The relatives made several submissions to government authorities, requesting to know the whereabouts of their loved ones and denouncing what had happened. The responses received were equally varied.

On March 25, 1975, Carabineros Lieutenant Colonel Jaime López Abarca, Head of the Confidential Department of the Ministry of the Interior, replied to Edelmiro Valdez's spouse that the records "are under the knowledge and resolution of the Parral Governorate and the Army Military Prosecutor's Office of Chillán," and therefore recommended that she "refrain" from addressing that Ministry, as it would mean "a regrettable waste of time."

She received another response on June 4 of the same year from Carabineros Major Carlos Burgos Zúñiga, of the Documentation Center of the General Secretariat of Government, who stated that "it is necessary that you send a new submission, typewritten..." explaining her problem.

Faced with this unusual response, Magaly Parada sent a new letter, which was answered by the same responsible officer without providing any information that would clarify the fate of the detainees. Finally, on July 9, 1976, Marioles Parada, another sister of Rolando Ibarra, received a letter from Army Major Claudio Guzmán Pérez, Chief of Staff of the General Secretariat of Government, in which the detention of her brother on October 20, 1974, was acknowledged, and that he had been released the following day "for lack of evidence to prolong it." It also indicated that it had been verified that her brother-in-law Edelmiro Valdez had not been arrested by any authority up to that date.

In May of the same year, the Governor of Linares, Army Lieutenant Colonel Washington García Escobar, by order of the General Secretariat of Government, sent a communication to Ibarra's mother in which he again denied the detentions of her son and her son-in-law. Ultimately, the relatives achieved nothing with the efforts made to locate Rolando Ibarra and Edelmiro Valdez.

Source: Vicariate of Solidarity

The RD (Democratic Revolution) parliamentarian thanked the Minister of Culture for the official declaration of the Site of Memory located in the former barracks where the dictatorship's repressive agency operated in the town in the Maule Region. “The signing of this declaration moves us deeply, as it allows us to settle a historical debt with the families of the victims of the dictatorship in Maule and Parral,” stated Congresswoman Consuelo Veloso after hearing the news announced by the authorities of the National Monuments Council.

The parliamentarian commented that “this house operated as a center for detention and torture, in addition to its known close link to Colonia Dignidad. We are also grateful that our efforts with Minister Brodsky were well received and that today we take such an important step to preserve memory.” Indeed, this September 13, the decree law declaring the Site of Memory of the Southern Regional Intelligence Brigade Barracks of the defunct National Intelligence Directorate (DINA), located at Ignacio Carrera Pinto Street No. 262, Parral commune, as a National Monument in the category of Historical Monument, was published in the Official Gazette. The barracks, known as “the Parral House” and ceded by the leaders of Colonia Dignidad to the DINA, operated as a center for detention, torture, and disappearances of opponents of the dictatorship between 1974 and 1977. Victims were brought from the central-southern part of the country, between Rancagua and Los Ángeles, to be diverted to Santiago or toward the former German enclave. Upon beginning her term last March, Congresswoman Consuelo Veloso met with the Parral Association for Human Rights, and later in April, she sent a supervisory letter to the National Monuments Council (CMN) to gather information on the results of the declaration request that groups of victims' families had made. After receiving a response from the CMN, on June 20, the parliamentarian sent a letter to the Minister of Culture, Julieta Brodsky, and the undersecretary of the branch, detailing the long work of the groups to achieve the declaration, which had been approved in December 2018 but which the previous government had left unmanaged. Upon learning the news, the Parral Association for Human Rights and the Association of Relatives of the Forcibly Disappeared of Parral thanked Congresswoman Veloso, the Minister of Culture, and the government of President Gabriel Boric for their efforts. “This signature is also that of a government committed to democracy, human rights, and memory,” concluded the congresswoman. For years, groups of victims' families from the dictatorship pushed for the handover of this property to establish a site of memory there regarding what happened during the period of the civil-military regime led by Augusto Pinochet, although always with a series of delays that indefinitely postponed this wish. Representatives of these organizations valued the decision of the new authorities who, in different parts of the country, have transferred to these entities the houses that were used by the repressive organs of the dictatorship to implement their policy of extermination of leftist parties and movements in Chile.

Source: radio.uchile.cl 09/15/2022 Date: 09-15-2022

Sentences of former military personnel involved in Parral crimes reclassified

The Third Chamber of the Santiago Court of Appeals reclassified in the second instance the sentences handed down by the special judge Alejandro Solís against three uniformed officers accused of the aggravated kidnapping of 21 dissidents to the military regime, in events that took place in Parral between September 1973 and January 1974, which include a case of child abduction.

On August 6, 2003, Judge Solís sentenced former governor and retired Carabineros Colonel Pablo Caullier Grant, retired Army Commander Hugo Cardemil Valenzuela, and retired Carabineros Sub-officer Luis Hidalgo to prison terms ranging from 10 to 15 years.

In a split vote (2-1), the capital's appellate court, composed of judges Alejandro Madrid, Juan Muñoz Pardo, and Humberto Provoste, resolved to increase the punishment imposed on Hidalgo from seven to ten years and one day; maintain the ten-year prison sentence for Caullier; and decrease the sentence for Cardemil Valenzuela from 17 years to 15 years and one day of major imprisonment.

The investigation, initiated at the beginning of this decade by retired judge Juan Guzmán Tapia, allowed for the determination of the responsibility of the accused in the disappearances of Enrique Carreño González, Rolando Ibarra Ortega, Edelmiro Valdés Sepúlveda, Haroldo Laurie Luengo, Hernán Sarmiento Sabater, Armando Morales Morales, José Luis Morales Ruiz, Aurelio Peñailillo Sepúlveda, Luis Pereira Hernández, Armando Pereira Merino, Oscar Retamal Pérez, José Riveros Chávez, Enrique Rivera Cofré, Hugo Soto Campos, and Víctor Vivanco Vásquez.

All were detained between September 11, 1973, and 1974 in Parral, taken to the police station and the city jail, but in several cases, their trail was lost after they were placed at the disposal of the Military Prosecutor's Office of the area.

In some of the cases, their relatives have stated that there is evidence that they were taken to Colonia Dignidad. Of them, Carreño González, Morales Morales, Peñailillo Sepúlveda, Retamal Pérez, Riveros Chávez, and Soto Campos appear in the report of the Armed Forces issued by the Dialogue Table on human rights as having been thrown into the Putagán River.

Originally, this process began in Parral based on the Rettig Report in 1991, then it was taken over by the judge of the Seventh Criminal Court of Santiago, Lientur Escobar, who was investigating the disappearance of MIR militant Álvaro Vallejos Villagrán at Villa Baviera.

Source: June 16, 2005 La Nacion Date: 06-16-2005

State of Chile to be judged in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights for reduction of sentences for crimes against humanity

This February 1, 2023, a hearing for the case of Vega González and others vs. Chile will be held at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights located in San José, Costa Rica. This hearing is being held with the intention of judging the international responsibility of the State of Chile regarding the reduction of criminal sentences for crimes committed during the dictatorship.

In particular, it concerns 14 criminal proceedings regarding political executions and forced disappearances perpetrated against 49 victims. In these cases, the Supreme Court of Justice of Chile applied the "half-prescription" (media prescripción) between the years 2007 and 2010, which allowed it to drastically reduce sentences and permit the majority of the perpetrators to be released.

Thus, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights must determine whether the State of Chile fulfilled its duty to apply justice with adequate and proportional sentences for crimes against humanity.

"We ask for and demand the sentence that corresponds to crimes that continue to affect us to this day, which meant the loss of our loved ones," expressed Gaby Rivera Sánchez, president of the Association of Relatives of the Forcibly Disappeared (AFDD). "Next year will be 50 years since the military coup in Chile.

It is time for the relatives of the victims to have full justice," added Alicia Lira Matus, president of the Association of Relatives of Political Executions, both quoted in a statement from the Association of Relatives of Political Executions (AFEP).

"A proportional and fair sentence is essential for the non-repetition of crimes against humanity in Chile and the region," highlighted Jimena Reyes, Director for the Americas of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH).

According to information provided by the AFEP, the 14 cases in question left the following victims:

JUAN LUIS RIVERA MATUS: A member of the Communist Party and a union leader, he had a wife and seven children. 52 years old at the time of his kidnapping and subsequent disappearance on November 6, 1975, his body was found on March 13, 2001.

CARDENIO ANCACURA MANQUIÁN: Cardenio Ancacura was married and had four children. He was a farmer and also worked as a boatman. He was a militant of the Socialist Party and participated actively in the Agrarian Reform process.

TEÓFILO ZARAGOZO GONZÁLEZ CALFULEF: Teófilo González was 24 years old and married. He was a transport worker and a militant of the Socialist Party.

MANUEL HERNÁNDEZ INOSTROZA: Manuel Hernández was 42 years old, married, and had four children. He was a tailor. He was a militant of the Socialist Party and had been a candidate for councilman for Lago Ranco.

ARTURO BENITO VEGA GONZÁLEZ: Arturo Vega was 20 years old and single. He worked as a bakery worker and transport worker. He was a militant of the Socialist Party.

LUIS EVANGELISTA AGUAYO FERNANDEZ: Luis Aguayo, 21 years old and single. He worked as an inspector at the Liceo Nocturno in Parral. He was a leader of the Socialist Youth. He was detained on September 14, 1973, and transferred to the Parral Public Jail.

On the 26th of the same month, along with three other detainees, he was removed from that location to testify at the Military Prosecutor's Office. His whereabouts have been unknown since that date.

MANUEL EDUARDO BASCUÑÁN ARAVENA: Manuel Bascuñán, 23 years old and single. He was a student and a militant of the Socialist Party of Parral. Detained on September 22, 1973, by Carabineros, he was transferred to the Parral Public Jail, where he remained imprisoned.

On October 23, 1973, by order of the Military Governor of Parral, he was transferred from this facility, along with other people, to the Military Prosecutor's Office. His whereabouts have been unknown since that date.

JOSÉ IGNACIO BUSTOS FUENTES: José Bustos was 52 years old and single. He was a merchant and carried out social activities in the rural community; he was a militant of the Communist Party. On September 13, 1973, he presented himself voluntarily at the Parral Carabineros Station and was detained.

He was transferred to the Parral Public Jail that same day. On October 23, 1973, he was removed by a military patrol along with seven other detainees from that facility to testify at the Military Prosecutor's Office. His whereabouts have been unknown since that date.

ENRIQUE DEL ANGEL CARREÑO GONZÁLEZ: Enrique Carreño was 22 years old and single. He was an agronomy student at the University of Concepción and a militant of the Socialist Party. Detained by Carabineros on September 20, 1973, at his home in Parral.

From there, he was sent to the Parral Public Jail, where he was released on January 9, 1974. He was detained again by state agents and transferred to the Linares Artillery School. Since that date, there is no information regarding his whereabouts.

RAFAEL ALONSO DIAZ MEZA: Rafael Díaz was 23 years old and single. He was a laborer. Detained by Carabineros on September 22, 1973, on a public street, he was transferred to the Public Jail. On October 23, 1973, by order of the Military Governor of Parral, he was transferred from this facility, along with other people, to the Military Prosecutor's Office.

His whereabouts have been unknown since that date.

CLAUDIO JESUS ESCANILLA ESCOBAR: Claudio Escanilla was 16 years old. He was a student and worked as a shoeshiner. On September 13, 1973, he was detained in the plaza of Parral by a military patrol and handed over to the Parral Carabineros Station.

That same day, he entered the Public Jail. On October 23, 1973, he was removed by a military patrol along with seven detainees from the Parral Public Jail to testify at the Military Prosecutor's Office. His whereabouts have been unknown since that date.

ROLANDO ANTONIO IBARRA LOPEZ: Rolando Ibarra was 32 years old and married. He had no known political affiliation. He was a farmer. He was detained by the Parral Carabineros on October 25, 1974, when he presented himself at the station in compliance with a summons he had received.

Another person was detained along with him, who is also forcibly disappeared. Rolando Ibarra's whereabouts have been unknown since the date of his detention.

AROLDO VIVIAN LAURIE LUENGO: Aroldo Laurie was 30 years old and single. He worked as a traveling salesman. Apparently, he was linked to the Movement of the Revolutionary Left (MIR). He was detained by the Parral Carabineros, along with a friend who is also forcibly disappeared, on July 28, 1974.

They were seen being taken under arrest into the local station. He was reportedly transferred to the Londres N° 38 facility in Santiago. Since then, Aroldo Laurie's whereabouts have been unknown.

IRENEO ALBERTO MENDEZ HERNÁNDEZ: Ireneo Méndez was 22 years old and single. A militant of the Socialist Party, he was unemployed. Detained at his home on September 20, 1973, by Carabineros from the Copihue outpost, who took him to the Parral Public Jail.

On October 23, 1973, by order of the Military Governor of Parral, he was transferred from this facility, along with other people, to the Military Prosecutor's Office. His whereabouts have been unknown since that date.

ARMANDO EDELMIRO MORALES MORALES: Armando Morales was 19 years old and single. He was in his fourth year of secondary school at the Parral Liceo. A militant of the Socialist Party. On October 4, 1973, he went voluntarily to the Parral Station and was detained. He was transferred to the Parral Public Jail. His whereabouts have been unknown since that date.

JOSÉ LUIS MORALES RUIZ: José Morales was 21 years old, married, and had one child. His spouse was eight months pregnant. He worked as a street vendor at open-air markets. A militant of the Communist Party. He was detained by the Parral Carabineros on August 1, 1974. Since the date of his detention, José Morales's whereabouts have been unknown.

AURELIO CLODOMIRO PEÑAILILLO SEPULVEDA: Aurelio Peñailillo was 32 years old and single. He was retired due to disability. Detained on September 16, 1973, in Copihue by Carabineros from the local outpost.

Transferred to Parral, where he entered the Public Jail. On the 26th of the same month, along with three other detainees, he was taken from that place to testify at the Prosecutor's Office. His whereabouts have been unknown since that date.

LUIS ALCIDES PEREIRA HERNANDEZ: Luis Pereira was 31 years old and married. He had no known political affiliation. He worked as an agricultural laborer. Detained by Carabineros on October 25, 1974, when he presented himself voluntarily at the Parral Station. His whereabouts have been unknown since the date of his detention.

AROLDO ARMANDO PEREIRA MERIÑO: Aroldo Pereira was 49 years old and married. He had no known political affiliation. He worked as a farmer. He was detained by Carabineros on October 25, 1974, when he presented himself voluntarily at the Parral Station. His whereabouts have been unknown since the date of his detention.

OSCAR ABDÓN RETAMAL PEREZ: Oscar Retamal was 19 years old and single. He was a secondary school student and a militant of the Socialist Party. Detained on September 25, 1973, in Retiro by Carabineros from the local outpost.

The following day, he entered the Parral Public Jail. On October 23, 1973, by order of the Military Governor of Parral, he was transferred from this facility, along with other people, to the Military Prosecutor's Office. His whereabouts have been unknown since that date.

LUIS ENRIQUE RIVERA COFRE: Luis Rivera was 21 years old, married, and had two children, one of whom was born posthumously. A militant of the Socialist Party. Detained by soldiers from the Linares Artillery School on October 5, 1973, at his home. They transferred him to the Parral Carabineros Station to give a statement. Since that date, there is no information regarding his whereabouts.

JOSE HERNÁN RIVEROS CHÁVEZ: José Riveros was 27 years old at the time of his disappearance and single. He worked as a construction laborer. Detained at his home by Parral Carabineros on October 12, 1973, and transferred to the local station. Since that date, there is no information regarding his whereabouts.

ROBERTO DEL CARMEN ROMERO MUÑOZ: Roberto Romero was 23 years old. He was single and worked as a laborer. In October 1973, he presented himself voluntarily at the Parral Carabineros Station and was detained.

He was transferred to the Public Jail. On October 23, 1973, he was removed from the jail along with six other detainees destined for the Military Prosecutor's Office, by order of the Military Governor of Parral. Since that date, there is no information regarding his whereabouts.

OSCAR ELADIO SALDIAS DAZA: Oscar Saldías was 22 years old and single. He worked as a carpenter. A militant of the Socialist Party. He was detained at a relative's house on September 20, 1973, by Carabineros and transferred to the Public Jail.

On September 26, 1973, he left with other detainees to testify at the Parral Military Prosecutor's Office. Only one of the detainees returned. His whereabouts have been unknown since that date.

HERNÁN SARMIENTO SABATER: Hernán Sarmiento was 26 years old and single. He was a medical student at the University of Chile and a militant of the Movement of the Revolutionary Left (MIR). He was detained by the Parral Carabineros on July 28, 1974, along with a friend who accompanied him, who is also forcibly disappeared.

They were seen being taken under arrest into the Parral Station. He was reportedly transferred to the Londres 38 facility in Santiago. Since then, Hernán Sarmiento's whereabouts have been unknown.

HUGO ENRIQUE SOTO CAMPOS: Hugo Soto was 18 years old and single. He was a third-year secondary student at the Liceo Nocturno in Parral and worked during the day at a lumber yard. He was detained by the Parral Carabineros on a public street on September 13, 1973, and transferred to the Public Jail.

On the 26th of the same month, he was taken from that facility, along with three other detainees, to be placed at the disposal of the Parral Prosecutor's Office. He has been forcibly disappeared since that date.

RUPERTO ORIOL TORRES ARAVENA: Ruperto Torres was 58 years old at the time of the events, married, and had three children. A chemical engineer by profession, he worked as a farmer. He was detained by Carabineros from the Catillo outpost on October 13, 1973, when he went to sign in, an obligation he had had since his first detention. His whereabouts have been unknown since that date.

EDELMIRO ANTONIO VALDEZ SEPULVEDA: Edelmiro Valdez was 42 years old and married. He had no known political affiliation. He worked as an agricultural laborer. He was detained by the Parral Carabineros on October 25, 1974, when he presented himself voluntarily, complying with a summons he had received the previous day.

Another person was detained on that occasion, who is also forcibly disappeared. Edelmiro Valdez's whereabouts have been unknown since the date of his detention.

VICTOR JULIO VIVANCO VASQUEZ: Víctor Vivanco was 19 years old, single, and a fourth-year secondary student at a Parral Liceo. He was a militant of the Movement of the Revolutionary Left (MIR). On October 8, 1973, he was detained by a military patrol at his home and transferred to the Investigations Barracks, from where he was taken to the Parral Carabineros Station.

Víctor Vivanco's whereabouts have been unknown since that date.

NELSON CRISTIÁN ALMENDRAS ALMENDRAS: Nelson Almendras was 22 years old and married. He had worked as an agricultural laborer at the Canteras estate, Quilleco commune. He was a militant of the Communist Party.

JOSÉ RICARDO LÓPEZ LÓPEZ: José López was 32 years old and the father of one child. He worked as an agricultural laborer at the Canteras estate, Quilleco commune. No known political affiliation.

JUAN DE LA CRUZ BRIONES PÉREZ: Juan Briones was 28 years old, married, and had four children. He worked as an agricultural laborer at the Canteras estate. No known political affiliation.

VICTORIANO LAGOS LAGOS: Victoriano Lagos was 35 years old, married, and had six children. He worked as an agricultural laborer at the Canteras estate. No known political affiliation.

CARMEN MARGARITA DÍAZ DARRICARRERE: Carmen Díaz was 24 years old and single. She was studying nursing at the University of Chile, Temuco branch, and was a militant of the Movement of the Revolutionary Left (MIR).

EUGENIO IVÁN MONTTI CORDERO: Eugenio Montti was 29 years old, married, and had one child. He was a militant of the Movement of the Revolutionary Left (MIR) and a graduate in Mechanical Engineering from the State Technical University.

LUCIANO AEDO HIDALGO: Luciano was 37 years old, married, and the father of four children. He was a shoemaker and president of the Rural Supply Center. On October 11, 1973, in the early hours of the morning, a patrol from the Cunco police station, moving in a police van, arrived at his home, where he was sleeping in the company of his wife and young daughter.

They took him away as a detainee, without an order from a competent authority to justify it, transferring him to an unknown location. His whereabouts remain unknown to this day.

FELIPE SEGUNDO RIVERA GAJARDO: Felipe Rivera was 42 years old and married. An electrician, he worked at the General Treasury of the Republic. A militant of the Communist Party of Chile (PC). On September 8, 1986, at two in the morning, a group of heavily armed men surrounded his house in the Pudahuel commune, kidnapped him, and put him in a taxi headed to an unknown destination.

His body was found hours later in a vacant lot in a sector of Route 70, with multiple bullet wounds in his body.

GASTÓN FERNANDO VIDAURRÁZAGA MANRÍQUEZ: Gastón Vidaurrázaga was 30 years old, married, and the father of one daughter. A state teacher in General Basic Education and a militant of the Movement of the Revolutionary Left (MIR).

On September 8, 1986, at four in the morning, six heavily armed individuals broke into his home in the San Bernardo commune, kidnapping him and taking him to an unknown destination. His body was found with multiple bullet wounds near kilometer 15 of Route 5 South.

JOSÉ HUMBERTO CARRASCO TAPIA: José "Pepe" Carrasco was 43 years old, married, and the father of two children. A prominent journalist, international editor of the magazine Análisis, and national leader of the Journalists' Association.

A militant of the Movement of the Revolutionary Left (MIR). On September 8, 1986, near five in the morning, three armed civilians arrived at his home and proceeded to take him away by force in the presence of his family. Moments later, they riddled him with bullets. His body was found on the side of the Parque del Recuerdo Cemetery.

ABRAHAM MUSKATBLIT EIDELSTEIN: Abraham Muskatblit was 45 years old, married, and the father of two children. An advertiser by profession, he was a militant of the Communist Party of Chile (PC). On September 9, 1986, 12 armed individuals arrived at his home on the plot in the Casas Viejas sector of Las Vizcachas and took him away by force; moments later, they riddled him with bullets.

His body was found hours later in an irrigation canal on the road leading to Lonquén.

FÉLIX SANTIAGO DE LA JARA GOYENECHE: Félix was a militant of the MIR and a student of History and Geography at the University of Chile. He was kidnapped at 24 years of age on a public street in the city of Santiago on November 27, 1974, by a DINA commando.

He was transferred to the clandestine detention center known as "Venda Sexy," where he was tortured. Witnesses report that between December 18 and 24, 1974, he was removed from the center by his captors, and his whereabouts remain unknown.

CECILIA MIGUELINA BOJANIC ABAD: Cecilia Bojanic was 23 years old, married, had one child, and was four months pregnant when she was kidnapped. She worked as a secretary at a pharmaceutical company. A militant of the Movement of the Revolutionary Left (MIR).

FLAVIO ARQUÍMIDES OYARZÚN SOTO: Flavio Oyarzún was 27 years old, married, and had one child. He was a salesperson for a company and a militant of the Movement of the Revolutionary Left (MIR).

JOSÉ FÉLIX GARCÍA FRANCO: He was a medical student of Ecuadorian nationality. He presented himself voluntarily to the Carabineros unit in Temuco on September 13, 1973; his house had been previously raided by Carabineros.

His wife brought him clothes and food to this facility daily until September 19 of that year, when authorities informed her that they had released him at 6 a.m. at a border crossing. It is indicated that his whereabouts remain unknown to this date.

MARÍA ARRIAGADA JEREZ: María Arriagada was 25 years old, married, had 6 children, was a rural teacher, and a militant of the Communist Party. She was kidnapped on September 27, 1973, by officials of the Chilean Air Force (FACH) who arrived at her home, located at the Chilpaco rural school, in a helicopter.

She was then transferred to Lonquimay, where she was held for three days at the Carabineros outpost, subsequently transferred to the Curacautín Carabineros Barracks, and then to the Maquehue Air Base in the city of Temuco, from where she disappeared.

JORGE AILLÓN LARA: Jorge Aillón was married, had three children, was an employee of the Agricultural Trade Company, lived in Lonquimay, and was a militant of the Communist Party. He was kidnapped by Lonquimay Carabineros on September 11, 1973, and transferred to the police barracks.

He was then taken to the Victoria jail, where he remained until September 27, 1973, the date on which he was released. That same day, upon arriving at the train station on his way home, he was detained by military personnel from the Lautaro Regiment, who handed him over to FACH personnel. He was transferred to the Maquehue Air Base in Temuco, from where he disappeared.

MARCELO EDUARDO SALINAS EYTEL: Marcelo was 31 years old at the date of his disappearance at the hands of state agents. He was an electronics technician and was married to Jacqueline Paulette Drouilly Yurich, who is also a forcibly disappeared person.

Marcelo was kidnapped on October 31, 1974, in the city of Santiago, under circumstances where he had coordinated to pick up his wife that day. Security agents had arrived at the property of the meeting on October 30 and kidnapped his wife; the following day, they kidnapped Marcelo and transferred him to the clandestine DINA facility known as "José Domingo Cañas" and subsequently took him to the "Villa Grimaldi" barracks, where he was interrogated and tortured.

He was later transferred along with his wife to the "Cuatro Álamos" center, from where his trail was lost.

GERARDO ANTONIO ENCINA PÉREZ: Gerardo was 33 years old at the date of his detention, married, had two children, was a militant of the Socialist Party, and lived in the town of Melozal, located in the San Javier province.

In September 1973, he had been detained and placed at the disposal of the Military Prosecutor's Office, remaining on supervised release, when in the first days of October 1973, a police patrol arrived at his house looking for him.

Not finding him, they left a summons for him to appear at the 5th Carabineros Station of San Javier. Upon receiving the message, he decided to go to the police unit with his wife, where he was detained.

It is indicated that his wife waited for him all day and returned the next day without receiving a satisfactory explanation. Since then, his trail was lost. There are accounts that maintain that, ten or fifteen days later, relatives of other disappeared persons from the same locality requested permission from the military authority of the area to search the Loncomilla River in order to find the remains of their relatives.

In said search, they found the lifeless body of Gerardo Antonio Encina Pérez, bearing traces of gunshot wounds, which they had to return to the waters for fear of reprisals, as they only had authorization to rescue the bodies of their own relatives.

MIGUEL ANTONIO FIGUEROA MERCADO: He was 46 years old at the date of his detention, married, and had five children. He was a militant of the Communist Party. On September 29, 1973, during the night, while he was at his home, which he occupied as a union leader of the Fundo Peñuelas settlement, Villa Alegre commune, a patrol composed of about ten or twelve soldiers and a Carabinero who was the chief of the sector's outpost arrived and kidnapped him.

From that moment on, he remains disappeared.

Source: resumen.cl 1/31/2023