In the early hours of September 14, 1973, a group of about twenty people were traveling toward the Andean foothills in a minibus, attempting to evade the actions of police and military forces.

Upon reaching the vicinity of the Niblinto Carabineros station, they were intercepted by officers from that post and civilians, resulting in an armed confrontation during which Bernardo Isaac SOLIS NUÑEZ, 20 years old, a militant of the Partido Socialista, was killed.

On the same occasion, Fernando Alvino CARRASCO PEREIRA, 25 years old, a taxi driver and militant of the Partido Socialista, was wounded in the stomach. He was detained and, according to testimonies received, executed by carabineros who arrived as reinforcements from Chillán. The rest of the group managed to escape.

The following day, two members of the group, José Fernando ROMERO LAGOS, 22 years old, a high school student, and Rubén VARAS ALEUY, both militants of the Movimiento de Izquierda Revolucionaria (MIR), separated from the group with the intention of making contact with local peasants, but they did not return.

Based on credible testimonies, this Commission has been able to establish that both were detained by Carabineros and executed on September 15, 1973, at the Niblinto station. To this day, they remain in the status of forcibly disappeared. Other testimonies state that their bodies were found by peasants and buried by them.

No official version of these events was provided at the time. The deaths of Solís and Carrasco are registered, citing the cause of death as: "ballistic perforations, acute anemia," and the place of death as: the public thoroughfare in Niblinto. The detentions of Romero and Varas were not acknowledged by the authorities.

From the facts narrated, the Commission formed the conviction that Bernardo Solís was killed as a result of a confrontation with police and civilian forces; that Fernando Carrasco was not provided aid for his wounds, but rather killed after said confrontation, in an action that constitutes a violation of human rights, given that the obligation of State agents was to keep him detained and provide the necessary medical attention; and that Rubén Varas and José Romero were detained the day after the confrontation by State agents, who are responsible for their disappearance.