a) Bearing in mind that the defendant Sergio Alamiro Jaramillo Solís passed away on May 18, 2006, as a result of a "massive hemorrhagic stroke in the brainstem, arterial hypertension," as stated in the death certificate added to page 9002, his criminal liability regarding the crime of aggravated kidnapping of Francisco Martínez Noches and Reynaldo Huentequeo Almonacid has been extinguished, which was also the opinion of the Judicial Prosecutor, expressed in an Opinion on page 11,333.

And in accordance with the provisions of articles 406, 407, 408 No. 5, and 415 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the definitive and total dismissal of the case regarding Sergio Alamiro Jaramillo Solís, written on page 9786, IS APPROVED.

Source: Judiciary, January 24, 2013

Eight police officers and the wife of one of them were prosecuted by a judge in Osorno for their responsibility in the crimes of aggravated kidnapping, homicide, and concealment committed after the military coup.

The eight defendants, one officer and seven non-commissioned officers—all of whom are retired—remain in custody as a preventive measure in the facilities of a Carabineros barracks in Osorno. The prosecution was ordered by Judge Raúl Ramírez, a magistrate with exclusive dedication to investigating human rights violation cases.

Ramírez has now prosecuted Lieutenant Colonel Baros Muñoz and former non-commissioned officers Mario Cabello, Sergio Jaramillo, René Bórquez, and Orozimbo Sepúlveda, charged with the aggravated kidnapping of Francisco Martínez and Reinaldo Huentequeo, who were detained on October 6, 1973.

Last Friday, he had decided to prosecute former non-commissioned officers Raúl Zapata and Carlos Ovando as perpetrators of the aggravated homicide of the communist militant Gilberto González de la Torre, an event that occurred in January 1974.

For the same crime, in the capacity of accessories after the fact, former non-commissioned officer Camilo Astete and Lieutenant Colonel Antonio Baros were prosecuted. These four police officers were also prosecuted for the aggravated kidnapping of brothers Eduardo and Alfredo Pacheco, and of Juan Mancilla, Teobaldo Paillacheo, Valentín Cárdenas, and Enrique González, all communist militants opposed to Pinochet who have been forcibly disappeared since October 1973, when they were taken to the Pilmaiquén police station.

Meanwhile, non-commissioned officer Astete and his wife, Elsa Vilugrón, were subjected to prosecution as alleged perpetrators of the aggravated kidnapping of Marcelino Cárdenas, who was detained on December 30, 1973, and sent to the same Pilmaiquén barracks in Osorno.

Source: lanacion.cl, January 16, 2004

Human rights: Judge prosecutes eight former Carabineros in Osorno

Magistrate ordered preventive detention for one former officer, seven former non-commissioned officers, and one civilian. The head of the First Court of Letters of Osorno, Raúl Ramírez López, resolved to prosecute eight retired Carabineros—one officer and 7 non-commissioned officers—for their alleged responsibility in the crimes of aggravated kidnapping, homicide, and concealment committed in 1973 and 1974.

The former police officers had been detained since Wednesday at the institution's facilities, awaiting the decision of the magistrate, who has exclusive dedication to investigating human rights violation cases that occurred in the provinces of Valdivia and Osorno between September 1973 and the first months of 1974.

On Friday, Ramírez resolved to prosecute former non-commissioned officers Raúl Enrique Zapata and Carlos Ovando Rodríguez as perpetrators of the aggravated homicide of the communist militant Gilberto González de la Torre, an event that occurred in the first week of January 1974, in the Pilmaiquén sector, in Río Bueno, Valdivia province.

For the same crime, in the capacity of accessories after the fact, former non-commissioned officer Camilo Astete Cáceres and retired Lieutenant Colonel Antonio Baros Muñoz, who was then head of the Fourth Police Station of Río Bueno, were prosecuted.

The four former uniformed officers were also prosecuted for the aggravated kidnapping of brothers Eduardo and Alfredo Pacheco Molina, Juan Mancilla Delgado, Teobaldo Paillacheo Catalán, Valentín Cárdenas Arriagada, and Enrique González Angulo.

The six were communist militants and left-wing sympathizers, transferred on October 4, 1973, to the Pilmaiquén police outpost. Likewise, non-commissioned officer Astete and his wife, Elsa Vilugrón Mella, were subjected to prosecution as alleged perpetrators of the aggravated kidnapping of Marcelino Cárdenas Villegas, who was detained on December 30, 1973, and transported to the same outpost.

Yesterday, meanwhile, the magistrate decided to prosecute retired Lieutenant Colonel Baros Muñoz and former non-commissioned officers Mario Cabello Yáñez, Sergio Alamiro Jaramillo Solís, René Bórquez Angulo, and Orozimbo Sepúlveda Ignao.

They are charged with the aggravated kidnapping of Francisco Martínez Noches and Reinaldo Huentequeo Almonacid, who were detained on October 6, 1973. The eight former uniformed officers remain in custody as a preventive measure in the Carabineros facilities in Osorno.

Source: El Mercurio, January 16, 2005

New prosecutions affect Carabineros in human rights cases

A new prosecution against retired Carabineros personnel was issued this Saturday by Judge Raúl Ramírez López, who has special dedication to human rights violation cases that occurred in the provinces of Valdivia and Osorno.

The case concerns the aggravated kidnapping of Francisco Martínez Noches and Reinaldo Huentequio Almonacid, which occurred on October 6, 1973, in the Mantilhue sector, in the commune of Río Bueno. Intelligence work by a multidisciplinary team from the Investigations unit allowed for the gathering of evidence pointing to retired Carabineros non-commissioned officers Mario Cabello Illañez, Sergio Jaramillo Solis, Rene Borques Angulo, and Orocindo Sepúlveda Aguinado as perpetrators of the crime.

Furthermore, it assigns responsibility for the crimes to retired Lieutenant Colonel Antonio Baros Muñoz, who was a member, like the other defendants, of the Fourth Police Station of Río Bueno at that time.

This is the fourth prosecution that Magistrate Ramírez has ordered against uniformed police personnel in less than two days, keeping the former uniformed officers detained in the facilities of the Carabineros prefecture of Osorno.

Source: Cooperativa.cl, January 15, 2015