On September 18, 1973, Manuel Beltrán CANTU SALAZAR, 36 years old, a State teacher, socialist, and advisor to the Intendant of Santiago, and José Fernando TORRES ARENAS, 25 years old, an inspector for the Directorate of Industry and Commerce (Dirinco), were victims of political execution.

On September 11, both individuals were detained by Carabineros officers at the Intendencia of Santiago and taken toward the Ministry of Defense, but they were released before arriving there. From that date, both stayed at José Torres's apartment located at Pío Nono and Dardignac, where they were detained on the 16th by Carabineros officers and taken to the police station on Calle San Isidro.

Credible witnesses indicate that they were subsequently transferred to the Estadio Nacional, where they were killed on September 18, 1973.

However, the bodies of both appeared at the Legal Medical Institute, referred by a Military Prosecutor's Office as having been found on a public thoroughfare. Their causes of death were listed as "multiple gunshot wounds," with the date of death recorded as September 18.

The Commission formed the conviction that Manuel Cantú Salazar and José Fernando Torres were executed outside of any legal process by State agents, in violation of human rights. This conviction is based on the verified detention of the victims, as well as their presence at the Estadio Nacional; the fact that their lifeless bodies were sent to the Legal Medical Institute as having been found on a public thoroughfare, which is not credible given that they were deprived of liberty and under the custody of State agents; the fact that their causes of death are consistent with a firing squad execution; and the fact that Cantú, at the very least, held a position of political importance in the Unidad Popular government and was a relevant leader of his party.