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Eduardo Espinoza Payella

Victim of the military dictatorship.

Background

Case summary

Eduardo Espinoza Payella was a Major in the Carabineros and head of the DINA barracks on Monjitas during the military dictatorship. His involvement is significant due to his prosecution in the "Colombo Case," specifically for the aggravated kidnapping of María Angélica Andreoli Bravo.

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MemoriaViva[1]

Case File 2.182-98: "Colombo Case" Episode, aggravated kidnapping of María Angélica Andreoli Bravo

ONE HUNDRED SECOND

: That the accused Reinaldo Alfonso Concha Orellana states in his inquiries on page 3749 that when he was fulfilling his military service at the Buin Regiment, in December 1973, he was sent as a soldier on commission to the DINA, then to the War Academy and to Rocas de Santo Domingo, a place where some companions arrived, such as Jaime Paris Ramos, Máximo Aliaga Soto, Víctor San Martín Jiménez and others; the instructor of the facility was the latter, and they were received by Commander César Manríquez Bravo, the course dealt with guard duty in the barracks, they were given Aka-47 rifles, there were about two hundred people in the course, which lasted about fifteen days; then they were transferred to the Non-Commissioned Officers School in Rinconada de Maipú and his function was that of guard of the facility, where he remained until mid-1974, the commander was César Manríquez Bravo; he adds that in mid-1974 he began to perform guard duty at Londres 38, where he saw Manríquez and Gerardo Urrich, the guard shift corresponded to him every twelve days, it began at 8 and lasted until 19 hours; while on guard he had to open and close the door so that the personnel who worked in the place could enter and leave and for that they were asked for a military card, one from the DINA made by machine; he adds that he did not see detainees enter or leave the barracks, nor did he see detainees inside the barracks; there he also performed work under the orders of Manuel Carevic, related to the health area; Jaime París, from his group, was the one who reported to the chief about the assigned mission; in Londres he belonged to the Puma group in charge of Carevic; from Londres he went to Villa Grimaldi, always in Purén, then he went to a premises on Monjitas with Mac Iver, which belonged to the Ministry of Health, and his chief at the place was Eduardo Espinoza Payella. When he was at Villa Grimaldi, from time to time it was his turn to perform guard duty at the facility, a place where he controlled the arrival and departure of vehicles and personnel, there was a guardhouse where he remained; he knew that there were detainees and that they were brought into the barracks in vehicles, but he did not have access to the interior of the property; he does not know who the chief of the barracks was, but there he saw Marcelo Moren Brito, Urrich Carevic, Mosqueira and Vásquez Chahuán; he also performed courier duties; starting in 1975 and until 1976 he was on Monjitas street with the entire Puma group, fulfilling the indicated missions, there were no detainees in this barracks, the chief of the place was Eduardo Payella, a Carabineros major. His operational name was Carlos Reyes. Finally, he added in another statement that he lacks information regarding María Angélica Andreoli Bravo.

Source: Judiciary, April 10, 2015

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How to cite this record

DondeEstan.cl (2026). Eduardo Espinoza Payella. Retrieved on October 15, 2026, from https://dondeestan.cl/record/espinoza-payella-eduardo. Original sources: Memoria Viva (https://memoriaviva.com/criminales/espinoza-payella-eduardo).