4.- That EACH of the convicted individuals Manuel Segundo Aguirre Cortés, Juan Carlos González Reyes, Sergio Orlando López Maldonado, Emilio Gerardo Pardo Pardo, Hugo Luciano Carrasco Pérez, Wilson Rubén Pacheco Obreque, and Pedro León Gutiérrez Ruiz ARE SENTENCED, as perpetrators of the repeated crimes of illegal exhumation of the bodies of the victims executed by firing squad in Calama on October 19, 1973, to the penalty of THREE YEARS of minor imprisonment in its medium degree and a fine of 6 living wages; to the accessory penalties of suspension from public office or position during the time of the sentence and to the payment of the costs of the case;

Source: Judiciary, May 19, 2015

Case File 2182-98: “Caravan to Calama” case

100.-) Statement of Juan Carlos González Reyes on page 13702, who, regarding the exhumation of the bodies, stated that about two years after the execution, Captain Minoletti ordered him to accompany him because he wanted to locate the bodies.

They achieved their objective on the second day; on the third, they prepared a truck and went to the place where the political executions victims were buried. Piolín Carrasco, Pacheco Obreque, Aguirre, and he went, along with Captain Minoletti.

They removed the bodies; those on top were mummified, and the rest below were just skeletons. He recalls that this operation was carried out because a cryptogram or an order had arrived from Santiago to exhume the bodies and see if they were recognizable to be handed over to their families, or conversely, to remove them and move them to another location.

They were no longer recognizable, so they were put into bags and transported in the truck to another sector, which was called Moctezuma. He recalls that they entered this sector through the pampa and, in a place that was already prepared, they unloaded the bodies and reburied them, but in a more superficial manner, with a camouflage net on top.

About 15 days later, an order arrived from Santiago; they had to remove the bodies again, put them in bags, and take them to the Calama airport, where they were loaded onto a FACh (Chilean Air Force) plane at about 08:00. The pilot was apparently surnamed Palomo; he is not sure, but he looked very similar because he had been his instructor. They loaded the remains and the plane left.

Source: Judiciary, April 23, 2018