47 years old, married, farmer, forcibly disappeared on September 12, 1973, in Santa Bárbara, Bío-Bío province. PURRAN TRECA, JOSE GUILLERMO: 37 years old, married, employee, detained on September 12, 1973, in Santa Bárbara, Bío-Bío province.

RUBIO LLANCAO, JUAN DE DIOS: 38 years old, small-scale farmer, detained on September 12, 1973, in Santa Bárbara, Bío-Bío province. RUBIO LLANCAO, JULIO ALBERTO: 36 years old, farmer, forcibly disappeared on September 12, 1973, in Santa Bárbara, Bío-Bío province.

These four individuals were leaders of their respective Pehuenche communities located in the Alto Bío-Bío area: José Guillermo Purrán Treca, of the Callaqui community; Juan de Dios Rubio Llancao and his brother Julio Alberto Rubio Llancao, of the Cauñicú community; and José María Tranamil Pereira, chief of the Trapa community.

They were detained that day by Carabineros officers from the town of Santa Bárbara and have remained disappeared ever since. According to statements from family members and witnesses, all of them were summoned by an official order (Bando), which led them to present themselves to the local police authorities, remaining detained at the Santa Bárbara Carabineros station.

As they did not return, their family members went to look for them at that facility, without obtaining any information regarding their whereabouts. In the case of José Guillermo Purrán, his family was informed that he had been transferred to the Los Angeles Regiment, a facility where his arrest was initially acknowledged, but subsequently denied.

Regarding José María Tranamil, five days after his detention, they arrived at the Trapa-Trapa community and arrested his son, who was IV years old at the time. They led him on foot to Santa Bárbara and threatened him, telling him that the same thing would happen to him as to his father if he did not hand over the weapons that were in his possession.

The young man was detained for a week in Santa Bárbara before regaining his freedom. Since the day of their detentions, these four indigenous leaders have been disappeared. According to information received by this Corporation, all of them were victims of political executions at the Quilaco bridge over the Bío-Bío river, at the entrance to Santa Bárbara.

Considering the information gathered and the investigation conducted, due to the collective nature of the situation and the repeated occurrence of similar cases in the area, the Superior Council reached the conviction that the disappearance and probable death of these four individuals is the responsibility of the State agents who detained them.

For this reason, it declared José Guillermo Purrán Treca, Juan de Dios Rubio Llancao, Julio Alberto Rubio Llancao, and José María Tranamil Pereira to be victims of human rights violations.

Source: Rettig Report

A completely irregular situation is taking place in the commune of Curacautín, in La Araucanía, specifically at the Collico school, where the municipality maintains a criminal convicted of crimes against humanity as director.

The individual is Juan Carlos Burgos Belauzarán, a civilian convicted for his participation in the disappearance of 28 peasants in Santa Bárbara and Quilaco, in the Bío-Bío foothills, between September and December 1973.

Juan Carlos Burgos Belauzarán is the name of the criminal convicted of crimes against humanity who works as the teacher in charge of the Collico rural school in Curacautín. The offender was convicted, along with four Carabineros and nine civilians, as the perpetrator of the kidnapping and disappearance of 28 peasants in Quilaco and Santa Bárbara, in what constitutes one of the most brutal crimes of the dictatorship.

Burgos Belauzarán was sentenced to four years of major imprisonment in its minimum degree, accessory penalties of absolute perpetual disqualification for public offices and political rights, and absolute disqualification for professional practice for the duration of the sentence, but he currently appears as the teacher in charge of the Collico rural school, with a salary of more than $2 million.

He has held the position since at least 2016. Due to the gravity of this situation, not only because of its illegality, but because of what a conviction for crimes against humanity entails, SUMMARY contact was made with both the DAEM (Municipal Education Administration Department) of Curacautín and the Regional Ministerial Secretariat (Seremi) of Education in La Araucanía, from where they avoided assuming responsibilities and announced that the situation is in the hands of a legal team "to reach a resolution." From the municipal education department, they indicated that "the Supreme Court has not yet informed us, and during the current collection of background information, the disqualification appeared, and that is why the information was sent to the lawyers. I had no idea; I have been in the position for almost a year and I am not from Curacautín either." Patricio Aguilera, director of the DAEM, noted that this rural school is currently in recess, but Juan Carlos Burgos Belauzarán appears to be earning a salary, as of March 2023, of more than $2 million. In this regard, Aguilera replied that "he is on medical leave and the leave is paid by the Isapre (health insurance). We have now sent the background information to the legal advisors; when the certificate of disqualification reached us, we immediately referred it to our lawyers." When asked, the Seremi of Education of La Araucanía, María Isabel Mariñanco, about the reason for the continued employment of a human rights violator as the person in charge of a school, she limited herself to blaming the school owner (sostenedor), avoiding referring to any possible measures. "In the administrative sphere of the management of educational establishments, personnel hiring is under the responsibility of the owner, which in this case corresponds to the municipality. As the Ministry of Education, we call on municipalities and the local public education service, in their capacity as owners, to provide greater rigor to the processes of reviewing the background of those who perform work in educational establishments." For now, the criminal convicted of crimes against humanity, Juan Carlos Burgos Belauzarán, is on medical leave and, according to the DAEM, they are "waiting" for the legal team's review to finalize his dismissal; for the time being, he continues to appear as the teacher in charge of the Collico school. Below, we describe the events in which Burgos Belauzarán participated directly as a perpetrator, committed in Santa Bárbara and Quilaco, between September and December 1973: The judicial investigation establishes in detail the various criminal episodes carried out by the uniformed officers and civilians who executed true extermination raids. Thus, on September 13, 1973, a group of civilians and Carabineros, all armed with firearms and traveling in motorized vehicles, arrived at the home of Cristino Humberto Cid Fuentealba, located on the El Rodal plot, on the outskirts of Quilaco, proceeding to detain him in the presence of his family, only to take him away on foot from that place to an unknown destination, making him disappear to this day. On September 14, 1973, Juan de Dios Fuentes Lizama and Juan Francisco Fuentes Lizama were kidnapped from their home located in a hut on the Corcovado estate, on the road to Villacura, in the commune of Santa Bárbara, by Carabineros and civilians, and their fate remains unknown to this day. On September 16, 1973, Juan de Dios Rubio Llancao and Julio Alberto Rubio Llancao were detained and taken to the Santa Bárbara Carabineros Station, under the charge of the Unit Chief, the then-Lieutenant Planté Aravena Sáez. The same day, Guillermo Purrán Treca went to the indicated police unit seeking protection because he could not return home, as he had missed the bus and the start of the curfew was approaching, but they kept him there as a detainee. At night, these three peasants, plus José María Tranamil Pereira, who had also been detained, were taken out of the police facility and transported to the Quilaco bridge, where the Carabineros riddled them with bullets; since that date, all news regarding the four peasants has been unknown. On September 16, 1973, Sebastián Hernaldo Campos Díaz presented himself voluntarily to the Santa Bárbara Carabineros Station, as he had been previously summoned, remaining detained, and there has been no news of his whereabouts to this day. At noon on September 17, 1973, Elba Burgos Sáez was detained by Carabineros on a public street in the city of Santa Bárbara, was put into a pickup truck, and taken to an unknown destination; since that date, all news of her whereabouts or existence has been unknown. On the afternoon of September 17, 1973, José Rafael Zúñiga Aceldine, José Secundino Zúñiga Aceldine, and José Gilberto Araneda Riquelme went voluntarily to the Santa Bárbara Carabineros Station, complying with a summons that Carabineros of the aforementioned police unit had made through a third party, being entered into said facility as detainees; since that date, all news regarding their whereabouts or fate has been unknown. In the commune of Quilaco, in the early hours of September 20, 1973, a group of Carabineros and civilians arrived at the home of José Felidor Pinto Pinto, a leader of the Campo Lindo peasant settlement, located on the old Huinquén estate, whom they detained, taking him from his house to an unknown destination in vehicles, from which moment there was never any news of his fate, his trail disappearing to this day. On the morning of September 20, 1973, in the commune of Santa Bárbara, the group of executioners arrived at the 'El Huachi' estate, located 8 kilometers from that commune, and detained José Domingo Godoy Acuña, Julio César Godoy Godoy, and Desiderio Aguilera Solís, transporting them to the Santa Bárbara Carabineros Station, from where they were taken out at night to an unknown destination and have not been seen again, nor has there been any news of their whereabouts to this day. Around noon that day, the same group went to the Loncopangue village and also to the vicinity of the Rañiguel estate in the same sector, proceeding to detain Luis Alberto Cid Cid, Luis Bastías Sandoval, and Raimundo Salazar Muñoz, who were loaded onto a truck from the Municipality of Quilaco driven by José Feliciano Gutiérrez Ortiz, known as 'El Chamo', to then be taken along the public road that leads to Quilaco to a path that leads to the confluence of the Bío Bío and Quilmes rivers, where they were taken off the vehicle and watched by their captors, and led on foot to the banks of the indicated watercourses, at which moment their captors allegedly fired at them with firearms, their bodies falling into the channel of the aforementioned rivers, their actual whereabouts remaining unknown to this day. Also that same day, in the afternoon, the local resident Segundo Marcial Soto Quijón was detained in Quilaco by a group made up of Carabineros and civilians, a date from which they made him disappear. In the commune of Santa Bárbara, at approximately 14:00 hours on the same day, September 20, the criminal group detained José Nazario Godoy Acuña in the Los Junquillos sector, who was subsequently transported to the Santa Bárbara Carabineros Station. Around 22:30 hours on September 20, 1973, in the commune of Santa Bárbara, they arrived at the home of Manuel Salamanca Mella, located on Avenida La Feria without number in Santa Bárbara, where they detained him in the presence of his family, to then take him to the Carabineros Station. On the same date, the same group went to the boarding house located at Calle Rosas N° 343 in the commune of Santa Bárbara, where they detained José Mariano Godoy Acuña, who was transported to the Station where they were seen for the last time, without them having been seen again or having any news of their whereabouts to this day. On the night of September 20, 1973, the same armed group of Carabineros and civilians arrived at the home of Miguel Cuevas Pincheira located at Calle Rosas N° 371 in Santa Bárbara and detained him, in the presence of his family, spouse, and children, taking him out of his house and transporting him to an unknown place, without him having been seen again or having any news of his whereabouts to this day. On September 23, 1973, in the early hours of the morning, the group of executioners broke into the La Palma smallholding, in the commune of Santa Bárbara, to kidnap the peasants Sergio D’Apollonio Petermann, 48 years old, and his son Carlos Jacinto D’Apollonio Zapata, 22 years old, from their home. They transported Carlos Jacinto to the bridge that connects the communes of Santa Bárbara and Quilaco, over the Bío Bío river, where they placed him on one of the railings and fired at him with firearms, causing him to fall into the riverbed. However, the current dragged his body to one of the banks where, hours later the next day, his body was found by family members and acquaintances. They took the corpse to his home and proceeded to hold a wake to then bury him, but in the afternoon of that day, the same individuals who had kidnapped him the night before broke in to steal the young man's body and took it away to make it disappear to the present day. On the morning of November 3, 1973, at approximately 11:00 hrs., the group of Carabineros and civilians arrived at Plot N° 112 of the Piñiquihue sector of the commune of Quilaco, where they detained José Roberto Molina Quezada, took him out of his house, and took him away in a vehicle to an unknown destination, from which moment there was never any news or knowledge of his whereabouts. On the night of Saturday, November 3, they arrived at the home of Gabriel José Viveros Flores located on the outskirts of Loncopangue, proceeding to detain him in the presence of his family, taking him out of his house and taking him away to an unknown destination. Around 16:00 hours on November 7, 1973, while Aliro Segundo Oporto Durán, 17 years old, was in a house located in the Raleo sector of the town of Alto Bío Bío, Carabineros personnel arrived to detain him, but the young man ran in the direction of the Bío Bío river, being pursued by the police, one of whom shot him, managing to apprehend him, from which moment all news of his whereabouts or existence is unknown. by Juan Contreras Jara

Source: resumen.cl, May 10, 2023

Date: 05-10-2023

Supreme Court sentences 4 former Carabineros and 10 civilians for the crimes against 28 people in Santa Bárbara and Quilaco in 1973

The highest court confirmed the sentence issued by the Concepción Court of Appeals that convicted former Carabineros and civilians for their participation in the disappearance of 28 peasants in Santa Bárbara and Quilaco, in the Bío-Bío foothills, between September and December 1973.

The Supreme Court issued a final sentence in the investigation into the qualified kidnappings of José Domingo Godoy Acuña, Julio César Godoy Godoy, Desiderio Aguilera Solís, José Nazario Godoy Acuña, Manuel Salamanca Mella, José Mariano Godoy Acuña, Miguel Cuevas Pincheira, Sebastián Hernaldo Campos Díaz, José Rafael Zúñiga Aceldine, José Secundino Zúñiga Aceldine, José Gilberto Araneda Riquelme, Juan de Dios Rubio Llancao, Julio Rubio Llancao, José María Tranamil Pereira, José Guillermo Purrán Treca, Elba Burgos Sáez, Juan de Dios Fuentes Lizama, Juan Francisco Fuentes Lizama, Sergio D´Apollonio Petermann, Aliro Oporto Durán, Cristino Humberto Cid Fuentealba, José Felidor Pinto Pinto, Luis Alberto Cid Cid, Luis Alberto Bastías Sandoval, Raimundo Salazar Muñoz, Gabriel José Viveros Flores, Segundo Marcial Soto Quijón, and José Roberto Molina Quezada. These crimes were perpetrated in the communes of Santa Bárbara and Quilaco, between the months of September and December 1973. In a split decision (case roll 24.143-2019), the Second Chamber of the highest court—composed of ministers Haroldo Brito, Manuel Antonio Valderrama, Jorge Dahm, Leopoldo Llanos, and minister María Teresa Letelier—accepted the appeals for cassation on the merits filed and overturned the appealed sentence, issued by the Concepción Court of Appeals in June 2019, in the part that considered the 10 accused civilians as accomplices to the crimes and, in a replacement sentence, convicted them as perpetrators, for having had direct participation in the detentions and kidnappings, as had been ruled in the first-instance judgment by minister Raquel Lermanda. The split decision is explained by the fact that minister Letelier was in favor of maintaining the reductions adopted by the Concepción court. In the final sentence, the following were convicted as perpetrators of the crimes: former Carabineros officer Planté Euclide Aravena Sáez to a sentence of 14 years in prison; former Carabineros Héctor Isaías Echeverría Beltrán and José Heraldo Pulgar Riquelme must serve 11 years in prison; Carlos Santiago Sepúlveda Rivera and the civilian Exequiel del Carmen Celedón Barrera, 10 years and one day; the civilians Sergio Amado Fuentes Valenzuela, Luis Enrique Ricardo Antonio Barrueto Bartning, and Manuel Darío Barrueto Bartning to 6 years of imprisonment; while the civilians Jorge Denis Domínguez Larenas, Jorge Eduardo Valdivia Dames, and José Roberto Valdivia Dames must serve 5 years and one day in prison. Finally, the civilian convicts Eugenio Villa Urrutia, Juan Carlos Burgos Belauzarán, and José Feliciano Gutiérrez Ortiz were sentenced to 4 years in prison, with the benefit of supervised release for the same period. Acquitted due to death were those convicted in the first instance José Burgos Sandoval, José Godoy Godoy, Pedro Segundo Ruiz Pardo, and the implicated and accused Sergio Salazar San Martín and Sergio Alejandro Pino Cabezas.

Source: resumen.cl 10/21/2022