On September 20, seven people were arrested at their respective homes by a patrol of civilians and Carabineros officers:

Desiderio AGUILERA SOLIS, 42 years old, agricultural worker.

Miguel CUEVAS PINCHEIRA, 41 years old, shoemaker and militant of the Partido Socialista.

José Mariano GODOY ACUÑA, 25 years old, agricultural worker and leader of the union at the Fundo El Huache settlement.

José Domingo GODOY ACUÑA, 20 years old, agricultural worker and leader of the settlement's union.

José Nazario GODOY ACUÑA, 22 years old, agricultural worker and leader of the settlement's union.

Julio César GODOY GODOY, 56 years old, agricultural worker and member of the settlement's union.

Manuel SALAMANCA MELLA, 38 years old, livestock trader.

At the Santa Bárbara Carabineros unit, family members were informed that the detainees had been transferred to the Los Angeles Regiment. According to statements provided to this Commission, the detainees were killed and thrown into the waters of the Bío Bío River from the bridge that crosses Quilaco. However, since their arrest, their whereabouts and fate remain unknown.

In direct relation to these events and following complaints by the families, a judicial process was initiated before the Military Prosecutor's Office of Los Angeles, case file 25 73. In this case, it was established that in the days following September 11, 1973, a "patrol" operated in Santa Bárbara, formed by Carabineros from Santa Bárbara and civilians called upon to collaborate with the police forces.

This force was referred to as "voluntary collaboration with Carabineros de Chile." The Prosecutor's Office ultimately sentenced the defendants to 180 days of minor imprisonment in its minimum degree, to one as the perpetrator of the crime of carrying a firearm without a permit and conducting legal acts regarding said weapons without competent authorization; and to the other to 61 days of minor imprisonment in its minimum degree as the perpetrator of the crime of illegal carrying of a firearm, without remission of the sentence.

On May 18, 1979, the Commander-in-Chief of the III Division of the Ejército definitively dismissed the charges against the defendants. The Military Prosecutor's Office did not issue a ruling regarding the disappearance of the individuals.

The Commission, based on the aforementioned background, the collective nature of the situation, what is inferred from the mentioned judicial process, and the repeated occurrence of similar cases in the province, has formed the conviction that in the disappearance and probable death of these seven people, there was a grave violation of human rights for which agents of the State and the civilians who acted in conjunction with them are responsible.

On September 20, 1973, at various times, a group of agricultural workers from the Fundo El Huache in the commune of Santa Bárbara were detained. The victims, all related to one another, were:

• Julio César Godoy Godoy, 52 years old, who was detained at approximately 12:30 p.m. that day at his workplace at Fundo El Huache; he was threatened with gunfire to intimidate him, then beaten and loaded into one of the vehicles. His son, Segundo Godoy Godoy, was a witness to these events.
• Desiderio Aguilera Solís, 42 years old, was detained immediately after his relative Julio César Godoy, at approximately 1:00 p.m., a short distance from the first, while he was working on the estate. The procedure was similar, in that members of the commando fired into the air, beat him, and loaded him into one of the pickup trucks.
• José Domingo Godoy Acuña, 21 years old, who worked as a tractor driver at the settlement of the same estate. At 2:00 p.m., while he was eating lunch at his home located within the estate, a group of civilians and Carabineros arrived. In the presence of his mother, with whom he lived, they abused and violently beat him before loading him into the vehicle in which they took him away. When his mother protested what was happening, they beat her and pushed her into the kitchen of the house, locking her inside.
• José Nazario Godoy Acuña, 22 years old, also a worker at the estate. He was detained at 4:00 p.m. on the road from Santa Bárbara to Fundo El Huache while returning from town on a tractor belonging to the same settlement, which was being driven by his nephew Alberto Aguilera Godoy—son of Desiderio Aguilera Solís. The members of the commando stopped their vehicles in front of the tractor and forced him to get down. As he did so, they struck him in the forehead with the butt of a firearm, then tied his hands and loaded him into one of the pickup trucks along with his nephew Alberto (who was released about three blocks away after they stole the money he was carrying).
• José Mariano Godoy Acuña, 26 years old, detained at 11:00 p.m. that same day at the boarding house of Mrs. María Riquelme, located on Calle Rosas in Santa Bárbara, while he was lying in the room he occupied when staying in town. He was taken from the place by the Barrueto brothers, well-known farmers in the area and owners of Fundo El Huache, who took him immediately to the Santa Bárbara Carabinero Station (money and bank documents disappeared from his room).
• Manuel Salamanca Mella, 38 years old, was detained at his home located at Av. La Feria s/n in Santa Bárbara, at approximately 11:30 p.m. At that moment, the Barrueto brothers entered violently, while the Carabinero Heraldo Pulgar remained at the door. Manuel Barrueto went to the bed where the victim was lying and struck him on the head with the butt of his weapon, causing various injuries. His spouse, Mrs. Jacinta Godoy Acuña, tried to prevent the violence unleashed against her husband, for which she received a strong blow with a firearm butt from Manuel Barrueto, a blow that caused her to lose consciousness, such that she did not know when they took her husband or where they headed. She later learned that he had been taken to the Station that same night.

The group called itself the "Voluntary Collaboration Force with the Carabineros of Chile" and was created on September 19, 1973, by the Chief of the Santa Bárbara Station, Lieutenant Plante Euclides Aravena, "for the purpose of searching for extremists in the El Huache sector," as the officer himself stated in the Military Justice proceedings.

The aforementioned estate had been expropriated from the father of the Barrueto brothers during the Agrarian Reform process carried out between 1970 and 1973. For this task, a commando was formed consisting of Carabineros Heraldo Pulgar Riquelme and José Godoy Godoy—both from the Santa Bárbara Station staff—and civilians Jorge Domínguez, his son Jorge Domínguez Larenas, the brothers Manuel and Ricardo Barrueto—owners of Fundo El Huache—Simón Mena Manosalva (later an official of the Social Security Service in the town of Santa Bárbara), Sergio Amado Fuentes Valenzuela, and Jorge Eduardo Valdivia Dahme. Wearing field uniforms similar to those of the Army and carrying various types of weapons, they carried out an operation at Fundo El Huache and in Santa Bárbara. The members of this force traveled in a light green pickup truck belonging to Manuel Barrueto, a yellow one belonging to José Domínguez (the father), and a third green and yellow one, property of the Santa Bárbara Municipality.

In addition, during the operation carried out that day, Jovino Aguilera Solís, Taco Verdugo Salamanca, and Emiliano Aguilera Godoy were detained. They were released on September 21 by their captors after one day of captivity, while the rest of the detainees remained at the police facility.

According to witness statements before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the detainees were likely executed that same night and thrown into the waters of the Bío Bío River from the bridge that crosses Quilaco. However, neither their deaths nor their detentions have ever been officially acknowledged, and the 6 peasants remain forcibly disappeared to this day.

JUDICIAL AND/OR ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS

On May 27, 1975, a Writ of Amparo (Habeas Corpus) was filed before the Court of Appeals of Concepción, case file 3443, on behalf of Julio César Godoy, Desiderio Aguilera Solís, Domingo Godoy Acuña, Nazario Godoy Acuña, Mariano Godoy Acuña, and Manuel Salamanca Mella.

A collective Writ of Amparo was filed, considering the family relationship of the victims and the connection of the repressive situation.

The Court declared the writ filed on May 28, 1975, and also requested reports from various authorities in the Region.

On June 2, 1975, the Santa Bárbara Station informed the Court that it had no record of the detentions of the individuals for whom the writ was filed.

By June 11, and with the Regional Intendant still having not reported, the Court ordered the request to be reiterated. This had to be done again on June 21, 1975.

On July 1, the Brigadier General and Intendant of the VIII Region, Nilo Floddy Buxton, replied that the detention of the persons in question was not ordered by him, adding that he had no information regarding the reported situation.

On July 5, 1975, the Undersecretary of the Interior, Enrique Montero Marx, reported having no information regarding the detentions reported in the Writ of Amparo case file 3443.

On July 8, 1975, the Court, based on the information received, considered that the detention of the victims could not be proven; therefore, the amparo was rejected, and the Court ordered the duty Criminal Judge to initiate a summary proceeding for the presumed death of the agricultural workers of Fundo El Huache.

This resolution was appealed on July 9, and the records were elevated to the Supreme Court, which ordered the Military Prosecutor's Office of Bío Bío to submit case file 25-73, filed against Ricardo Barrueto and others, initiated due to the disappearance of the victims and illegal possession of weapons.

On July 21, 1975, having reviewed the records, the Supreme Court confirmed the appealed resolution of the Court of Appeals of Concepción.

In the 2nd Criminal Court, a process was initiated for the presumed death of the victims, case file 16.878. On March 15, 1976, the Judge declared himself incompetent and sent the records to the Military Prosecutor's Office of Los Angeles.

On January 3, 1975, by resolution of the Military Judge of the III Army Division, it was ordered that the Military Prosecutor's Office of Los Angeles initiate case file 25-73 against Ricardo Barrueto Bartning, Manuel Darío Barrueto Bartning, Sergio Amado Fuentes Valenzuela, and Jorge Eduardo Valdivia Dames for their responsibility in the disappearance of the victims and, furthermore, for being accused of violating Law No. 17.798 on arms control.

Carabinero Major Aroldo Solari reported in the process that Manuel Darío Barrueto Bartning "as of September 19, 1973, became part of the Voluntary Collaboration Force with the Carabineros of Chile, and therefore carries weapons." Additionally, the Garrison Commander reported on the weapons registered in the names of Manuel and Ricardo Barrueto.

The Prosecutor convened a War Council to judge the accused.

On February 12, 1976, Ricardo Barrueto, Manuel Barrueto, Jorge Valdivia, and Sergio Fuentes were found guilty of the crime of carrying firearms without a competent permit.

It was also established that the Chief of the Santa Bárbara Station, Lieutenant Plante Euclides Aravena Sáez, effectively organized a patrol formed by 2nd Sergeant Mario Sáez, Corporal Daniel Torres González, and Carabineros José Godoy Godoy, Heraldo Sáez Alvarez, and Hugo Sepúlveda Alvarez, along with the aforementioned civilians, all of whom were prosecuted for forming said group; therefore, as they were requested to collaborate by a police authority, they were exempt from criminal responsibility.

The Military Tribunal did not accept the request to reduce the responsibilities of the accused based on their clean records, as it deemed their moral conduct reprehensible. For the reasons stated and other evidence in the process, the War Council sentenced the defendant Luis Enrique Ricardo Antonio Barrueto Bartning to one hundred and eighty days of minor imprisonment.

And the defendant Manuel Darío Barrueto Bartning to sixty-one days of minor imprisonment in its minimum degree.

Regarding the defendants Valdivia and Fuentes, although they acknowledged in the tribunal that they did not have permits to carry weapons, they stated that they did so in response to Lieutenant Aravena's call to collaborate with the Carabineros in the "select group of citizens of that locality." Furthermore, although the Lieutenant himself affirmed that the civilians carried weapons with his authorization, under his command, and organized according to superior instructions, the ruling of the Military Justice indicates that they must be acquitted, as the participation they had "lacks any criminal intent."

On May 18, 1979, the Commander-in-Chief of the III Army Division, Brigadier General Rigoberto Rubio Ramírez, Judge of the III Military Court, definitively dismissed the charges against the aforementioned defendants in case file 25-73.

It is important to mention that the origin of the case, both in civil and military justice, was the disappearance of the victims; however, the Military Justice in its ruling made no mention of the responsibility of the accused for this situation.

Source: "Vicaria de la Solidaridad"

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Municipality of Curacautín continues to employ individual convicted of crimes against humanity as school director

A completely irregular situation is occurring in the commune of Curacautín, in La Araucanía, specifically at the Collico school, where the municipality retains a criminal against humanity as its director.

This 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 foothills of the Biobío, between September and December 1973.

Juan Carlos Burgos Belauzarán is the name of the criminal against humanity who works as the teacher in charge of the rural Collico 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, with the accessory penalties of absolute perpetual disqualification for public offices and political rights, and absolute disqualification for professional practice for the duration of the sentence; however, he currently appears as the teacher in charge of the rural Collico 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 responsibility 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 recent collection of background information, the disqualification emerged, 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. We have now sent the background information to the legal advisors; when we received the certificate of disqualification, we immediately referred it to our lawyers."

When asked, the Seremi of Education of La Araucanía, María Isabel Mariñanco, regarding the reason for the continued employment of a human rights violator as the head of a school, she limited herself to blaming the employer, avoiding any reference to potential measures.

"In the administrative sphere of the management of educational establishments, the hiring of personnel is the responsibility of the employer, 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 employers, to provide greater rigor in the processes of reviewing the background of those who work in educational establishments."

For now, the criminal 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 be listed 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 details the various criminal episodes carried out by the uniformed officers and civilian perpetrators of 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 at the El Rodal plot on the outskirts of Quilaco, proceeding to detain him in the presence of his relatives, and then taking him away on foot to an unknown destination, causing him to be forcibly disappeared 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 transferred to the Carabineros Station of Santa Bárbara, under the command of the Unit Chief, the then-lieutenant Planté Aravena Sáez.

The same day, Guillermo Purrán Treca went to the indicated police unit in search of protection because he could not return home, as he had missed the bus and the start of the curfew was approaching, but they left 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, no news has been known about the four peasants.

On September 16, 1973, Sebastián Hernaldo Campos Díaz voluntarily presented himself to the Carabineros Station of Santa Bárbara, as he had been summoned previously, 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, with no news of her whereabouts or existence since that date.

On the afternoon of September 17, 1973, José Rafael Zúñiga Aceldine, José Secundino Zúñiga Aceldine, and José Gilberto Araneda Riquelme voluntarily went to the Carabineros Station of Santa Bárbara, complying with a summons that, through a third party, Carabineros of the aforementioned police unit had made to them, being entered into said facility as detainees, with no news of their whereabouts or fate since that date.

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, leader of the Campo Lindo peasant settlement, located on the old Huinquén estate, whom they detained, taking him out of his house and carrying him away to an unknown destination in vehicles, from which moment there was never any news of his fate, his trail disappearing to this day.

In the morning hours 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, transferring them to the Carabineros Station of Santa Bárbara, from where they were taken out at night to an unknown destination and have not been seen again or had news of their whereabouts to this day.

Around noon that day, the same group headed 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, they were taken walking to the banks of the indicated watercourses, at which moment their captors allegedly shot them with firearms, their bodies falling into the channel of the aforementioned rivers, their real 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 caused him to 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 transferred to the Carabineros Station of Santa Bárbara.

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 relatives, 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 transferred to the Station where they were last seen, without having been seen again or having 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 relatives, spouse, and children, taking him out of his house and transferring him to an unknown place without having been seen again or having 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 plot, in the commune of Santa Bárbara, to kidnap from their home the peasants Sergio D’Apollonio Petermann, 48 years old, and his son Carlos Jacinto D’Apollonio Zapata, 22 years old.

They transferred 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 shot him with firearms, thus falling into the riverbed.

However, the current dragged his body to one of the banks where, in the morning hours of the following day, his body was found by relatives and acquaintances. They took the corpse to their home and proceeded to hold a wake to then give him burial, 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 until the present.

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 relatives, taking him out of his house and taking him away to an unknown destination.

Around 16:00 hours on November 7, 1973, in circumstances where 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: 10-05-2023

Justice will finally be served: 4 (Ret.) Carabineros and 10 civilians convicted for the crimes of 28 people in Santa Bárbara and Quilaco in 1973. They murdered them and...

The highest court confirmed the sentence issued by the Court of Appeals of Concepción that convicted former Carabineros and civilians for their participation in the disappearance of 28 peasants in Santa Bárbara and Quilaco, in the foothills of the Biobío, 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. Crimes 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 Court of Appeals of Concepción 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 dictated by the first-instance ruling of 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 Carabinero officer Planté Euclide Aravena Sáez to a sentence of 14 years of imprisonment; former Carabineros Héctor Isaías Echeverría Beltrán and José Heraldo Pulgar Riquelme must serve 11 years of imprisonment; 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; meanwhile, the civilians Jorge Denis Domínguez Larenas, Jorge Eduardo Valdivia Dames, and José Roberto Valdivia Dames must serve 5 years and one day of imprisonment. Finally, the convicted civilians Eugenio Villa Urrutia, Juan Carlos Burgos Belauzarán, and José Feliciano Gutiérrez Ortiz were sentenced to 4 years of imprisonment, with the benefit of supervised release for the same period.

Acquitted due to death are 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.

Executions and disappearances

The judicial investigation details the various criminal episodes carried out by the uniformed officers and civilian perpetrators of 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 at the El Rodal plot on the outskirts of Quilaco, proceeding to detain him in the presence of his relatives, and then taking him away on foot to an unknown destination, causing him to be forcibly disappeared 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 transferred to the Carabineros Station of Santa Bárbara, under the command of the Unit Chief, the then-lieutenant Planté Aravena Sáez.

The same day, Guillermo Purrán Treca went to the indicated police unit in search of protection because he could not return home, as he had missed the bus and the start of the curfew was approaching, but they left 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, no news has been known about the four peasants.

On September 16, 1973, Sebastián Hernaldo Campos Díaz voluntarily presented himself to the Carabineros Station of Santa Bárbara, as he had been summoned previously, 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, with no news of her whereabouts or existence since that date.

On the afternoon of September 17, 1973, José Rafael Zúñiga Aceldine, José Secundino Zúñiga Aceldine, and José Gilberto Araneda Riquelme voluntarily went to the Carabineros Station of Santa Bárbara, complying with a summons that, through a third party, Carabineros of the aforementioned police unit had made to them, being entered into said facility as detainees, with no news of their whereabouts or fate since that date.

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, leader of the Campo Lindo peasant settlement, located on the old Huinquén estate, whom they detained, taking him out of his house and carrying him away to an unknown destination in vehicles, from which moment there was never any news of his fate, his trail disappearing to this day.

In the morning hours 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, transferring them to the Carabineros Station of Santa Bárbara, from where they were taken out at night to an unknown destination and have not been seen again or had news of their whereabouts to this day.

Around noon that day, the same group headed 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, they were taken walking to the banks of the indicated watercourses, at which moment their captors allegedly shot them with firearms, their bodies falling into the channel of the aforementioned rivers, their real 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 caused him to 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 transferred to the Carabineros Station of Santa Bárbara.

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 relatives, 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 transferred to the Station where they were last seen, without having been seen again or having 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 relatives, spouse, and children, taking him out of his house and transferring him to an unknown place without having been seen again or having news of their whereabouts to this day.

On September 23, 1973, in the early hours of the morning, the group of executioners broke into the La Palma plot, in the commune of Santa Bárbara, to kidnap from their home the peasants Sergio D’Apollonio Petermann, 48 years old, and his son Carlos Jacinto D’Apollonio Zapata, 22 years old.

They transferred 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 shot him with firearms, thus falling into the riverbed.

However, the current dragged his body to one of the banks where, in the morning hours of the following day, his body was found by relatives and acquaintances. They took the corpse to their home and proceeded to hold a wake to then give him burial, 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 until the present.

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 relatives, taking him out of his house and taking him away to an unknown destination.

Around 16:00 hours on November 7, 1973, in circumstances where 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.

Source: CAMBIO21.CL 10/23/2022

Date: 23-10-2022

Confirmation of date of death

JOSÉ MARIANO GODOY ACUÑA, died on September 30, 1973, as stated in the death certificate with registration: FOLIO: 500607427734 Verification Code: 447036c9ba8e

Source: registrocivil.cl