On October 11, 1973, six Communist militants were executed by Ejército personnel in the Las Coimas sector of San Felipe. They were:

Mario ALVARADO ARAYA, 34 years old, Mayor of Cabildo, who had been detained for the first time on September 17, regaining his freedom shortly thereafter without any charges being filed against him. At the beginning of October, he was forced by the military authority to publicly retract his militancy at the Cabildo Municipality before multiple witnesses.

His second detention occurred on October 8 at his home and was carried out by Carabineros from Cabildo.

Faruc Jimmi AGUAD PEREZ, 26 years old, an employee of the Sociedad Abastecedora de la Minería (Sademi) and the local Partido Comunista electoral and propaganda officer, detained at his workplace in the presence of other workers on October 8, 1973, by Carabineros from Cabildo.

Wilfredo Ramón SANCHEZ SILVA, 28 years old, an employee of the Sociedad Abastecedora de la Minería (Sademi) in Cabildo. He was detained at his workplace on the same day and under the same circumstances as Faruc Aguad.

Artemio PIZARRO ARANDA, 37 years old, also an employee of Sademi. He was detained at the same location and by the same arresting agents on October 9.

Pedro Abel ARAYA ARAYA, 27 years old, Comptroller of the La Patagua mine, was detained for the first time on September 11 and released without charges a week later. His second detention also occurred on October 9, when he voluntarily presented himself at the Cabildo Police Station following a summons left at his home by officers from that police unit.

José Armando FIERRO FIERRO, 24 years old, also an employee of Sademi, was detained on October 9 or 10 in Cabildo by Carabineros from that town.

According to the official version provided by the Chief of the State of Siege Zone of the Aconcagua Province and Commander of the Infantry Regiment No. 3, Yungay, these six individuals were executed when they attempted to escape and assaulted a non-commissioned officer traveling in the Ejército truck that was transporting them from the San Felipe Jail to the Putaendo Jail.

That version stated that all of them had been proven to have direct participation in a terrorist organization in the Cabildo mining sector, having been detained in an operation where a large quantity of weapons and explosives was found.

The information gathered by this Commission regarding the circumstances of the victims' detention refutes the official version, as none of their homes were raided in search of weapons, nor was there any military operation at their workplace, where some of them were detained peacefully and in plain view of other workers.

Regarding these deaths presented as the result of an escape attempt, the Commission could not accept this explanation, primarily due to the following circumstances:

– It is implausible that the only way to prevent the escape was to immediately kill all those involved, who were unarmed and under heavy military guard.

– The then-Chief of the San Felipe Health Service, who ordered the autopsies to be performed and the bodies returned to their families, was informed by the forensic doctor that the bodies showed multiple bullet wounds, many of which were not fatal, as well as sharp-force injuries, the existence of which has had no reasonable explanation.

This information is corroborated by what is stated in the death certificates themselves.

Therefore, this Commission is convinced that Mario Alvarado, Faruc Aguad, Wilfredo Sánchez, Artemio Pizarro, Pedro Araya, and José Fierro were victims of human rights violations for which State agents are responsible, having executed them outside of any legal process.