On November 9, 1973, seven people were executed by Army personnel, all of whom were Communist militants:

-Juan Antonio CHAVEZ RIVAS, 26, a student at the Universidad Técnica del Estado (UTE), Temuco campus, who was arrested on November 5, 1973, at his home and taken to the Tucapel Regiment, where he was seen by his relatives.

-Pedro MARDONES JOFRE, 22, a student at the Universidad Técnica del Estado, Temuco campus.

-Florentino MOLINA RUIZ, 44, a laborer, Regional Secretary of Cautín Province, and member of the Central Committee of the Partido Comunista. Arrested on November 5, 1973, at his home by two agents in civilian clothes, taken to the 2nd Police Station, and from there to the Tucapel Regiment.

-Amador MONTERO MOSQUERA, 21, a student at the Universidad Técnica del Estado, Temuco campus. He had been arrested at his home by agents in civilian clothes on November 7, 1973, and taken to the Tucapel Regiment.

-Juan Carlos RUIZ MANCILLA, 21, a Civil Construction student at the Universidad Técnica del Estado, Temuco campus. He had been arrested on November 7, 1973, at his parents' house in the city of Punta Arenas and transported to Temuco on an Air Force plane, remaining detained at the Tucapel Regiment.

-Víctor Hugo VALENZUELA VELASQUEZ, 22, an assistant at the Real Estate Registrar of Temuco. Arrested on November 7, 1973, at his workplace by agents in civilian clothes and taken to the Tucapel Regiment, where he was seen by witnesses.

It is reasonable to presume that Carlos AILLAÑIR HUENCHUAL, 57, an agricultural laborer and Communist militant, also died in the same events. He had been arrested on November 6 by military personnel at the home of a family member.

On November 10, an official report was released detailing an assault on a munitions depot at the Tucapel Regiment that occurred at 11:45 p.m. the previous day: "extremists, armed with a large quantity of explosives, attempted to penetrate the rear of the Regiment, where the aforementioned munitions depot is located.

The sentries reacted in time and an intense shootout ensued, hitting seven of the assailants."

In reporting on the same event referred to in the previous paragraph, the Army stated: "Last night at 11:45 p.m., there was an attempted assault on the Tucapel Regiment barracks. It is estimated that around fifteen people armed with dynamite, grenades, and firearms participated.

Seven of them died in the attempted assault; two were captured, and the rest fled. There were no casualties in the Regiment, nor was there any destruction of material."

The Commission links the seven aforementioned individuals to this version, as their death certificates all indicate that their deaths occurred at the exact day and time alluded to in the official versions, and notes that they occurred within a "military compound" due to "firearm, action of a military unit."

This Commission cannot consider this official version credible, in consideration of the following elements:

-It is not plausible when considering that the alleged confrontation took place at night and that the sentries made fatal hits on seven of the alleged assailants without any casualties or injuries occurring among the military personnel;

-The relatives were able to see the victims' bodies at the Morgue, which showed clear evidence of having been tortured. This is consistent with the death certificates of Pedro Mardones, Amador Montero, and Víctor Hugo Valenzuela, which state the cause as: "cranial attrition." This indicates that the cause of their deaths was not solely gunshot wounds, but that these were also caused by the crushing of the victims' skulls;

-What is most conclusive for this Commission is that multiple testimonies and evidence gathered confirm that the victims had been detained for several days at the Tucapel Regiment. This makes it impossible for them to have attempted to penetrate the rear of the Regiment armed with explosives, as indicated in the official version.

Based on all the evidence presented, the Commission reaches the conviction that the seven individuals identified were executed by State agents in violation of their human rights.