Juan Rodrigo Mac Leod Treuer, married to María Antonieta Castro Ramírez, a militant of the MIR, was detained on November 30, 1974, along with his mother-in-law, María Julieta Ramírez Gallegos, inside the Tres Alamos prisoner camp while both were visiting María Antonieta and her brother Oscar Emilio, who had been held at that facility since the middle of that same month and were subsequently released.

That day, María Julieta was carrying a bag of cosmetics for her daughter, which contained microfilms of MIR documents inside, something she was unaware of. After being detained, both were handed over to DINA agents in the presence of the Tres Alamos camp chief, Conrado Pacheco, and were held incommunicado at the Cuatro Alamos facility, where María Antonieta was being held.

Ana María Vallejo, the wife of Oscar Castro, who had also come for the visit, witnessed this detention. On the same day, Juan Rodrigo, his spouse, and his mother-in-law were transferred to the DINA interrogation center known as Villa Grimaldi, located at José Arrieta 8200.

At this location, Juan Rodrigo Mac Leod was with Cristián Mallol, a MIR leader who was detained on December 3, 1974. According to Mallol, the victim was known as "El Pelao" within the MIR and was linked to another leader, Humberto Menanteaux, who was also detained around that same time and was subsequently murdered by DINA agents after having been released.

Cristián Mallol also recounts that Mac Leod appeared to be in good physical condition and that he was removed from Villa Grimaldi around December 23, 1974, along with a group of prisoners that included Luis Palominos and William Beausire Alonso, all of whom remain forcibly disappeared.

During those same days, perhaps in the same group, María Julieta Ramírez and Cecilia Castro Salvadores were removed from Villa Grimaldi. Juan Rodrigo Mac Leod Treuer was never seen again at any other DINA facility and has been missing since that time.

Juan Rodrigo and his spouse, whom everyone knew as Marieta, participated in the ALEPH Theater group, which was directed by her brother, Oscar Emilio. It is worth noting this fact because, at that time, several militants or individuals linked to the MIR who were involved in theater and film were detained.

Among them were the Argentine director Carlos Piaggio and his Chilean wife Francisca Valdés, the actresses Gloria Laso and Sara Astica, and the producers Jorge Iván Müller and his wife Carmen Bueno, both of whom are forcibly disappeared.

Finally, it should be added that Mac Leod was a cadet at the Naval School for two years, later finishing his secondary studies at the Instituto Nacional in Santiago. His spouse and his brother-in-law Oscar Castro regained their freedom months later, but he and his mother-in-law have remained forcibly disappeared ever since.

JUDICIAL AND/OR ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS

On December 5, 1974, a writ of amparo (habeas corpus) was filed on his behalf before the Santiago Court of Appeals, for which no records exist. On December 11 of the same year, a new writ was filed before the same Court, case number 1552-74, on behalf of Mac Leod and his mother-in-law, which was rejected after a negative response was received from the authorities regarding their detention.

The Norwegian Actors' Union filed a writ of amparo on behalf of both, though it is unknown if it was admitted for processing.

Source: Rettig Report

In the cases of agents Manuel Contreras Sepúlveda and Marcelo Moren Brito, the capital's appellate court ordered that the records be returned to the first-instance judge, Leopoldo Llanos, so that he may issue their dismissal due to death.

The Santiago Court of Appeals ratified the first-instance sentence issued in the investigation known as "Villa Grimaldi. Main Case File," which investigated the disappearance of 19 people and one qualified homicide, crimes perpetrated inside the illegal detention center located in the commune of Peñalolén.

In a unanimous ruling, the Sixth Chamber of the appellate court—composed of justices Mauricio Silva Cancino, Mario Rojas, and Jessica González—ratified the effective prison sentences for 11 members of the Dirección de Inteligencia Nacional (DINA) for their responsibility in the qualified kidnappings of: Guillermo Roberto Beausire Alonso, Alan Roberto Bruce Catalán, Jaime Enrique Vásquez Sáenz, Manuel Antonio Carreño Navarro, Iván Carreño Aguilar, María Teresa Eltit Contreras, María Isabel Joui Petersen, Jacqueline Paulette Drouilly Yurich, Juan René Molina Mogollones, René Roberto Acuña Reyes, Carlos Alberto Carrasco Matus, Hugo Daniel Ríos Videla, Agustín Alamiro Martínez Meza, Juan Rodrigo Mac-Leod Treuer, María Julieta Ramírez Gallegos, Luis Jaime Palominos Rojas, Marta Silvia Adela Neira Muñoz, César Arturo Emiliano Negrete Peña, Alejandro Juan Ávalos Davidson; and for the homicide of Humberto Juan Carlos Menenteau Aceituno. The sentence ratified the penalties against: 1- Pedro Espinoza Bravo: 20 years in prison for his responsibility in the homicide of Humberto Juan Carlos Menenteau Aceituno; and 20 years in prison for the kidnappings of Guillermo Roberto Beausire Alonso, Alan Roberto Bruce Catalán, Jaime Enrique Vásquez Sáenz, Manuel Antonio Carreño Navarro, Iván Carreño Aguilar, María Teresa Eltit Contreras, María Isabel Joui Petersen, Jacqueline Paulette Drouilly Yurich, Juan René Molina Mogollones, René Roberto Acuña Reyes, Carlos Alberto Carrasco Matus, Hugo Daniel Ríos Videla, Agustín Alamiro Martínez Meza, Juan Rodrigo Mac-Leod Treuer, María Julieta Ramírez Gallegos, Luis Jaime Palominos Rojas, Marta Silvia Adela Neira Muñoz, César Arturo Emiliano Negrete Peña, and Alejandro Juan Ávalos Davidson. 2- Rolf Wenderoth Pozo: 15 years in prison for his responsibility as an accomplice in the homicide of Humberto Juan Carlos Menenteau Aceituno; and 20 years in prison for the kidnappings of Guillermo Roberto Beausire Alonso, Alan Roberto Bruce Catalán, Jaime Enrique Vásquez Sáenz, María Teresa Eltit Contreras, María Isabel Joui Petersen, Jacqueline Paulette Drouilly Yurich, Juan René Molina Mogollones, René Roberto Acuña Reyes, Carlos Alberto Carrasco Matus, Hugo Daniel Ríos Videla, Agustín Alamiro Martínez Meza, Juan Rodrigo Mac-Leod Treuer, María Julieta Ramírez Gallegos, Luis Jaime Palominos Rojas, César Arturo Emiliano Negrete Peña, and Alejandro Juan Ávalos Davidson. 3- Miguel Krassnoff Martchenko: 20 years in prison for the kidnappings of Guillermo Roberto Beausire Alonso, Alan Roberto Bruce Catalán, Jaime Enrique Vásquez Sáenz, Manuel Antonio Carreño Navarro, Iván Carreño Aguilar, María Teresa Eltit Contreras, María Isabel Joui Petersen, Jacqueline Paulette Drouilly Yurich, Juan René Molina Mogollones, René Roberto Acuña Reyes, Carlos Alberto Carrasco Matus, Hugo Daniel Ríos Videla, Agustín Alamiro Martínez Meza, Juan Rodrigo Mac-Leod Treuer, María Julieta Ramírez Gallegos, Luis Jaime Palominos Rojas, César Arturo Emiliano Negrete Peña, and Alejandro Juan Ávalos Davidson. 4- Fernando Lauriani Maturana: 20 years in prison for the kidnappings of Guillermo Roberto Beausire Alonso, Alan Roberto Bruce Catalán, Jaime Enrique Vásquez Sáenz, Manuel Antonio Carreño Navarro, Iván Carreño Aguilar, María Teresa Eltit Contreras, María Isabel Joui Petersen, Jacqueline Paulette Drouilly Yurich, Juan René Molina Mogollones, René Roberto Acuña Reyes, Carlos Alberto Carrasco Matus, Hugo Daniel Ríos Videla, Agustín Alamiro Martínez Meza, Juan Rodrigo Mac-Leod Treuer, María Julieta Ramírez Gallegos, Luis Jaime Palominos Rojas, César Arturo Emiliano Negrete Peña, and Alejandro Juan Ávalos Davidson. 5- Gerardo Godoy García: 20 years in prison for the kidnappings of Guillermo Roberto Beausire Alonso, Alan Roberto Bruce Catalán, Jaime Enrique Vásquez Sáenz, Manuel Antonio Carreño Navarro, Iván Carreño Aguilar, María Teresa Eltit Contreras, María Isabel Joui Petersen, Jacqueline Paulette Drouilly Yurich, Juan René Molina Mogollones, René Roberto Acuña Reyes, Carlos Alberto Carrasco Matus, Hugo Daniel Ríos Videla, Agustín Alamiro Martínez Meza, Juan Rodrigo Mac-Leod Treuer, María Julieta Ramírez Gallegos, Luis Jaime Palominos Rojas, César Arturo Emiliano Negrete Peña, and Alejandro Juan Ávalos Davidson. 6- Ricardo Lawrence Mires: 20 years in prison for the kidnappings of Guillermo Roberto Beausire Alonso, Alan Roberto Bruce Catalán, Jaime Enrique Vásquez Sáenz, Manuel Antonio Carreño Navarro, Iván Carreño Aguilar, María Teresa Eltit Contreras, María Isabel Joui Petersen, Jacqueline Paulette Drouilly Yurich, Juan René Molina Mogollones, René Roberto Acuña Reyes, Carlos Alberto Carrasco Matus, Hugo Daniel Ríos Videla, Agustín Alamiro Martínez Meza, Juan Rodrigo Mac-Leod Treuer, María Julieta Ramírez Gallegos, Luis Jaime Palominos Rojas, César Arturo Emiliano Negrete Peña, and Alejandro Juan Ávalos Davidson. 7- Basclay Zapata Reyes: 15 years and one day in prison for the kidnappings of Guillermo Roberto Beausire Alonso, Alan Roberto Bruce Catalán, Jaime Enrique Vásquez Sáenz, Manuel Antonio Carreño Navarro, Iván Carreño Aguilar, María Teresa Eltit Contreras, María Isabel Joui Petersen, Jacqueline Paulette Drouilly Yurich, Juan René Molina Mogollones, René Roberto Acuña Reyes, Carlos Alberto Carrasco Matus, Hugo Daniel Ríos Videla, Agustín Alamiro Martínez Meza, Juan Rodrigo Mac-Leod Treuer, María Julieta Ramírez Gallegos, Luis Jaime Palominos Rojas, César Arturo Emiliano Negrete Peña, and Alejandro Juan Ávalos Davidson. 8- Manuel Carevic Cubillos: 15 years and one day in prison for the kidnappings of María Isabel Joui Petersen, Marta Silvia Adela Neira Muñoz, and César Arturo Emiliano Negrete Peña. 9- Raúl Iturriaga Neumann: 15 years and one day in prison for the kidnappings of María Isabel Joui Petersen, Marta Silvia Adela Neira Muñoz, and César Arturo Emiliano Negrete Peña. 10- César Manríquez Bravo: 15 years and one day in prison for the kidnappings of Guillermo Roberto Beausire Alonso, Manuel Antonio Carreño Navarro, Iván Sergio Carreño Aguilar, and Jacqueline Paulette Drouilly Yurich. 11- Orlando Manzo Durán: 10 years and one day in prison for the kidnapping of Jacqueline Paulette Drouilly Yurich. Regarding civil matters, the ruling confirmed that the State of Chile must pay a total compensation of $1,850,000,000 (one billion eight hundred fifty million pesos) to the plaintiff family members, in amounts ranging from $50,000,000 (fifty million pesos) to $150,000,000 (one hundred fifty million pesos), as detailed in the sentence. In the cases of agents Manuel Contreras Sepúlveda and Marcelo Moren Brito, it is ordered that the records be returned to the first-instance judge, Leopoldo Llanos, so that he may issue their dismissal due to death.

Source: elmostrador.cl 16/9/2016 Date: 09-16-2016

13 former DINA agents prosecuted for the disappearance and death of 20 people at Villa Grimaldi

Visiting Judge Alejandro Solís indicted the entire leadership of the dissolved National Intelligence Directorate (DINA) for the disappearance and death of 20 opponents of the military regime who were held at the clandestine detention center "Villa Grimaldi," in the commune of Peñalolén, between 1974 and 1977.

On Tuesday, the judge issued an indictment against 13 former DINA members for the criminal charges of kidnapping and aggravated homicide against 20 people.

The magistrate indicted the former DINA members, stating that these were crimes against humanity committed "by a criminal organization whose sole objective was to repress opponents, whom it considered political enemies, [as did] the President of the Republic himself, Augusto Pinochet Ugarte, using firearms, explosives, and other suitable means as tools of destruction," the magistrate's extensive resolution states.

In a list headed by the former director of the DINA, retired General Manuel Contreras, Judge Solís mentions one by one the victims of these serious crimes committed during the military regime.

Judge Solís indicted Manuel Contreras Sepúlveda for the aggravated kidnappings of Alan Bruce Catalán and Iván Carreño Aguilar, and for the aggravated homicides of Alejandro Juan Ávalos Davidson and Humberto Juan Carlos Menenteau Aceituno.

Miguel Krassnoff Martchenko was indicted for the aggravated kidnappings of: Guillermo Roberto Beausire Alonso, Alan Roberto Bruce Catalán, Iván Carreño Aguilar, María Teresa Eltit Contreras, Juan Rodrigo Mac Leod Treuer, María Julieta Ramírez Gallegos, and the homicides of Alejandro Juan Ávalos Davidson and Humberto Juan Carlos Menenteau Aceituno.

Marcelo Luis Moren Brito was indicted for the aggravated kidnappings of: Guillermo Roberto Beausire Alonso, Alan Roberto Bruce Catalán, Manuel Antonio Carreño Navarro, María Teresa Eltit Contreras, María Isabel Joui Petersen, Agustín Alamiro Martínez Meza, Marta Silvia Adela Neira Muñoz, César Arturo Emiliano Negrete Peña, Iván Carreño Aguilar, and the homicides of: Alejandro Juan Ávalos Davidson and Humberto Juan Carlos Menenteau Aceituno.

Basclay Humberto Zapata Reyes was indicted for the aggravated kidnappings of: Guillermo Roberto Beausire Alonso, Iván Carreño Aguilar, María Teresa Eltit Contreras, María Isabel Joui Petersen, Jacqueline Paulette Drouilly Yurich, Agustín Alamiro Martínez Meza, Juan Rodrigo Mac Leod Treuer, María Julieta Ramírez Gallegos, Marta Silvia Adela Neira Muñoz, César Arturo Emiliano Negrete Peña, and the aggravated homicides of: Alejandro Juan Ávalos Davidson and Humberto Juan Carlos Menenteau Aceituno.

Pedro Octavio Espinoza Bravo was indicted for the aggravated kidnappings of: Guillermo Roberto Beausire Alonso, Alan Roberto Bruce Catalán, Jaime Enrique Vásquez Sáenz, Manuel Antonio Carreño Navarro, Iván Carreño Aguilar, María Teresa Eltit Contreras, María Isabel Joui Petersen, Jacqueline Paulette Drouilly Yurich, Juan René Molina Mogollones, René Roberto Acuña Reyes, Carlos Alberto Carrasco Matus, Hugo Daniel Ríos Videla, Agustín Alamiro Martínez Meza, Juan Rodrigo Mac Leod Treuer, María Julieta Ramírez Gallegos, Luis Jaime Palominos Rojas, Marta Silvia Adela Neira Muñoz, César Arturo Emiliano Negrete Peña, and for the homicides of: Alejandro Juan Ávalos Davidson and Humberto Juan Carlos Menenteau Aceituno.

Rolf Gonzalo Wenderoth Pozo was indicted for the aggravated kidnappings of: Guillermo Roberto Beausire Alonso, Alan Roberto Bruce Catalán, Jaime Enrique Vásquez Sáenz, Manuel Antonio Carreño Navarro, Iván Carreño Aguilar, María Teresa Eltit Contreras, María Isabel Joui Petersen, Jacqueline Paulette Drouilly Yurich, Juan René Molina Mogollones, René Roberto Acuña Reyes, Carlos Alberto Carrasco Matus, Hugo Daniel Ríos Videla, Agustín Alamiro Martínez Meza, Juan Rodrigo Mac Leod Treuer, María Julieta Ramírez Gallegos, Luis Jaime Palominos Rojas, Marta Silvia Adela Neira Muñoz, César Arturo Emiliano Negrete Peña, and the aggravated homicides of: Alejandro Juan Ávalos Davidson and Humberto Juan Carlos Menenteau Aceituno.

Orlando Manzo Durán was indicted as the perpetrator of the aggravated kidnappings of: Guillermo Roberto Beausire Alonso, Alan Roberto Bruce Catalán, Jaime Enrique Vásquez Sáenz, Manuel Antonio Carreño Navarro, Iván Carreño Aguilar, María Teresa Eltit Contreras, María Isabel Joui Petersen, Jacqueline Paulette Drouilly Yurich, Juan René Molina Mogollones, René Roberto Acuña Reyes, Carlos Alberto Carrasco Matus, Hugo Daniel Ríos Videla, Agustín Alamiro Martínez Meza, Juan Rodrigo Mac Leod Treuer, María Julieta Ramírez Gallegos, Luis Jaime Palominos Rojas, Marta Silvia Adela Neira Muñoz, César Arturo Emiliano Negrete Peña, and the aggravated homicides of: Alejandro Juan Ávalos Davidson and Humberto Juan Carlos Menenteau Aceituno.

Fernando Eduardo Lauriani Maturana was indicted for the aggravated kidnappings of: Guillermo Roberto Beausire Alonso, Alan Roberto Bruce Catalán, Jaime Enrique Vásquez Sáenz, Manuel Antonio Carreño Navarro, Iván Carreño Aguilar, María Teresa Eltit Contreras, María Isabel Joui Petersen, Jacqueline Paulette Drouilly Yurich, Juan René Molina Mogollones, René Roberto Acuña Reyes, Carlos Alberto Carrasco Matus, Hugo Daniel Ríos Videla, Agustín Alamiro Martínez Meza, Juan Rodrigo Mac Leod Treuer, María Julieta Ramírez Gallegos, Luis Jaime Palominos Rojas, Marta Silvia Adela Neira Muñoz, César Arturo Emiliano Negrete Peña, and the aggravated homicides of: Alejandro Juan Ávalos Davidson and Humberto Juan Carlos Menenteau Aceituno.

Gerardo Ernesto Godoy García was indicted for the aggravated kidnappings of: Guillermo Roberto Beausire Alonso, Alan Roberto Bruce Catalán, Jaime Enrique Vásquez Sáenz, Manuel Antonio Carreño Navarro, Iván Carreño Aguilar, María Teresa Eltit Contreras, María Isabel Joui Petersen, Jacqueline Paulette Drouilly Yurich, Juan René Molina Mogollones, René Roberto Acuña Reyes, Carlos Alberto Carrasco Matus, Hugo Daniel Ríos Videla, Agustín Alamiro Martínez Meza, Juan Rodrigo Mac Leod Treuer, María Julieta Ramírez Gallegos, Luis Jaime Palominos Rojas, Marta Silvia Adela Neira Muñoz, César Arturo Emiliano Negrete Peña, and the aggravated homicides of: Alejandro Juan Ávalos Davidson and Humberto Juan Carlos Menenteau Aceituno.

Ricardo Lawrence Mires was indicted for the aggravated kidnappings of: Guillermo Roberto Beausire Alonso, Alan Roberto Bruce Catalán, Jaime Enrique Vásquez Sáenz, Manuel Antonio Carreño Navarro, Iván Carreño Aguilar, María Teresa Eltit Contreras, María Isabel Joui Petersen, Jacqueline Paulette Drouilly Yurich, Juan René Molina Mogollones, René Roberto Acuña Reyes, Carlos Alberto Carrasco Matus, Hugo Daniel Ríos Videla, Agustín Alamiro Martínez Meza, Juan Rodrigo Mac Leod Treuer, María Julieta Ramírez Gallegos, Luis Jaime Palominos Rojas, Marta Silvia Adela Neira Muñoz, César Arturo Emiliano Negrete Peña, and the homicides of: Alejandro Juan Ávalos Davidson and Humberto Juan Carlos Menenteau Aceituno.

Gerardo Ernesto Urrich González was indicted for the aggravated kidnappings of: Guillermo Roberto Beausire Alonso, María Isabel Joui Petersen, Carlos Alberto Carrasco Matus, Marta Silvia Adela Neira Muñoz, César Arturo Emiliano Negrete Peña.

Manuel Carevic Cubillos was indicted for the aggravated kidnappings of: Guillermo Roberto Beausire Alonso, María Isabel Joui Petersen, Carlos Alberto Carrasco Matus, Marta Silvia Adela Neira Muñoz, César Arturo Emiliano Negrete Peña.

Raúl Eduardo Iturriaga Neuman was indicted for the aggravated kidnappings of: Guillermo Roberto Beausire Alonso, María Isabel Joui Petersen, Carlos Alberto Carrasco Matus, Marta Silvia Adela Neira Muñoz, César Arturo Emiliano Negrete Peña.

Regarding the victims, Judge Solís describes one by one the activities of the forcibly disappeared and murdered individuals.

Guillermo Roberto Beausire Alonso, 24 years old, single, of Chilean-British nationality, an engineer by profession, worked at the Stock Exchange and studied Economics. No known political affiliation. He was detained on November 2, 1974, upon arriving in Chile from Argentina.

He was held in the following detention centers: "José Domingo Cañas," "Villa Grimaldi," and "Venda Sexy"; his trail has been lost since June 2, 1975, to date.

Alan Roberto Bruce Catalán, 24 years old, was married and had one child. He had studied Civil Engineering at the Universidad Católica and was a member of the MIR. Detained on February 13 or 14, 1975, from a property on Calle Illanes, along with Montti and Carmen Díaz, he was apprehended by Marcelo Moren Brito, who transferred them to Villa Grimaldi, where they remained until the end of February 1975.

According to other detainees, Marcelo Moren Brito personally tortured and killed Alan Bruce.

Jaime Enrique Vásquez Sáenz, 27 years old, married, had one daughter. He was a member of the MIR and studied Civil Construction at the Universidad Técnica del Estado. They were detained along with other people on February 13, 1975, by members of the DINA.

They were seen by various witnesses at Villa Grimaldi. The name of Jaime Enrique Vásquez Saenz appeared on a list published in the press regarding the death of Chilean extremists abroad, "Operation Colombo" or the "List of the 119."

Manuel Antonio Carreño Navarro, 53 years old, married, seven children. Member of the Communist Party. He was detained on August 13, 1974, by armed civilians, [and taken to] Villa Grimaldi.

Iván Sergio Carreño, 16 years old, detained on August 13, 1974, along with his father; he was seen held at Villa Grimaldi.

María Teresa Eltit Contreras, 22 years old, a secretarial student at the Departamento Universitario Obrero Campesino (DUOC). She was detained on December 12, 1974, by DINA agents. She was seen at Villa Grimaldi. Her name appeared on a list published in the press regarding the "death of Chilean extremists abroad."

María Isabel Joui Petersen, 19 years old, married. She was a member of the MIR and had studied Economics at the Universidad de Chile. She was detained along with her husband on December 20, 1975, by members of the DINA; she was seen at the "La Venda Sexy" and "Villa Grimaldi" centers, and has been missing since then.

Her name appeared on a list published in the press regarding the "death of Chilean extremists abroad."

Jacqueline Paulette Drouilly Yurich, 24 years old, married. She was studying Social Work at the Universidad de Chile and was a member of the MIR. She was detained along with her spouse Marcelo Salinas Eytel on October 30, 1974, by members of the DINA.

She was seen at José Domingo Cañas, Villa Grimaldi, and Cuatro Álamos, from where she disappeared. Her name appeared on a list published in the press regarding the "death of Chilean extremists abroad."

Juan René Molina Mogollones, 29 years old, married, had three children, worked as an employee, and was a member of the MIR. He was detained on January 29, 1975, at 17:00 hours, at the intersection of Avenida Portugal and Avenida Matta.

He was seen at Villa Grimaldi, where he remained isolated in "La Torre." From there, he was taken to an unknown destination on February 20. His name appeared on a list published in the press regarding the "death of Chilean extremists abroad."

Alejandro Juan Ávalos Davidson, 31 years old, single. He was a professor at the Universidad Católica and a member of the Communist Party. He was detained on November 20, 1975, by DINA agents. He remained held at Villa Grimaldi, the place from which his trail was lost in February 1976.

On March 21, 1990, his skeletal and dental remains were found, along with those of two other people, inside the "Las Tórtolas" estate, at kilometer 35 of Route 57, on the grounds of the Compañía Minera Disputada de Las Condes.

René Roberto Acuña Reyes, 22 years old, single. He was a member of the MIR and a student. He was detained on February 14, 1975, at his home by members of the DINA. He was seen at Villa Grimaldi. He has been missing since then. His name appeared on a list published in the press regarding the "death of Chilean extremists abroad."

Carlos Alberto Carrasco Matus, 21 years old. He was performing his mandatory military service when he was called to join the DINA. He served as a guard at Cuatro Álamos. He was detained on March 14, 1975, in Conchalí by members of that organization. He was seen held at Villa Grimaldi.

Hugo Daniel Ríos Videla, 21 years old, was married and had one child. He was a member of the MIR and studied at the Universidad Técnica del Estado. Detained on February 14, 1975, by members of the DINA. He was seen at Villa Grimaldi. His name appeared on a list published in the press regarding the "death of Chilean extremists abroad."

Agustín Alamiro Martínez Meza, 27 years old, was married and had two children. An engineer in Mechanical Execution by profession and a member of the MIR. Detained on January 1, 1975, by members of the DINA. He was seen at Villa Grimaldi. His name appeared on a list published in the press regarding the "death of Chilean extremists abroad."

Juan Rodrigo Mac Leod Treuer, 29 years old, married. He was linked to the MIR. He worked as an employee at a fishing company. He was detained while visiting his spouse, who was held at Tres Álamos. He was seen detained at Villa Grimaldi.

María Julieta Ramírez Gallegos, 65 years old, was married and a mother of two children. Housewife. No known political affiliation. She was detained while visiting her daughter, who was held at "Tres Álamos." She was seen detained at "Villa Grimaldi."

Luis Jaime Palominos Rojas, 24 years old, was single. Student and member of the MIR. He was detained on December 9, 1974, by members of the DINA, who transferred him to "Villa Grimaldi," where he was severely tortured.

He was seen there by several witnesses, from where he was taken to an unknown destination on December 24, 1974. His name appeared on the list published in the press regarding the "death of Chilean extremists abroad."

Marta Silvia Adela Neira Muñoz, 29 years old, member of the MIR, detained on December 9, 1974, at Bascuñán Guerrero and Antofagasta by DINA agents, transferred to the facility known as Venda Sexy.

César Arturo Emiliano Negrete Peña, 25 years old, leader of the MIR, detained on December 9, 1974, by DINA agents and seen by witnesses at "Venda Sexy" and "Villa Grimaldi."

Humberto Juan Carlos Menanteau Aceituno. Leader of the MIR, detained by the DINA at the end of 1974 and taken to "Villa Grimaldi." He participated, along with two other leaders, in a televised public statement and a press conference in which they called on their fellow members to end the armed struggle.

They then continued to be held for some months at Villa Grimaldi, separated from the rest of the prisoners, until they regained their freedom in September 1975. While in that situation, Humberto Menanteau was detained again on November 19, while he was at his parents' house, and José Carrasco the following day at the home of some friends.

On December 1, 1975, his death occurred, and his body was identified by his relatives on December 10 at the Legal Medical Institute, having been found in the vicinity of Buin. He showed signs of having been tortured before his death.

Previously, and while they were still detained, the DINA disseminated information through the press that the MIR had sentenced the participants in the statement and the press conference to death.

Source: biobio.cl 4/12/2012

Date: 04-12-2012

Judge Guzmán indicted seven retired military officers

The special judge, Juan Guzmán Tapia, indicted seven retired military officers for the crime of aggravated kidnapping, for the disappearance of 23 people at the Villa Grimaldi torture center during the military government.

The former uniformed officers are the former director of the DINA, Manuel Contreras Sepúlveda; Colonel Marcelo Moren Brito; Brigadier Miguel Krasnoff; non-commissioned officer Basclay Zapata; agent Osvaldo Romo; retired Carabineros officer Conrado Pacheco; and agent Pedro Alfaro.

Manuel Contreras Sepúlveda for: Jacqueline Drouilly, César Negrete Peña, Marta Neira, Alfredo Rojas Castañeda, Jaime Vásquez Sáenz, Juan Molina Mogollones, Alej. Avalos Davidson, Sonia Rios Pacheco, Elías Villar Quijón, María Isabel Gutiérrez Martínez, Horacio Carabantes, Fabián Ibarra Córdova, Carlos Rioseco Espinoza, Alfredo García Vega, Abel Vilches Figueroa, René Acuña Reyes, Carrasco Matus, Hugo Rios Videla, Martín Elgueta Pinto, Agustín Martínez Meza, Juan MacLeod, Julieta Ramírez Castro, and Luis Palominos Rojas.

Marcelo Moren Brito for all of the above except Elgueta, Negrete, and Neira. Miguel Krassnoff for Negrete, Neira, Drouilly, Rojas, Vásquez, Molina, Avalos, Acuña, Carrasco, Ríos, Elgueta, Martínez, and Palominos.

Pedro René Alfaro Fernández for: Ríos, Villar, Gutiérrez, Carabantes, Ibarra, Rioseco, García, and Vilches. Basclay Zapata for: Rojas, Vásquez, Molina, Acuña, Carrasco, Ríos, Elgueta, and Palominos. Conrado Pacheco Cárdenas for: MacLeod and Ramírez.

Likewise, the magistrate notified three retired military officers today of their indictment for aggravated kidnapping, in the context of the disappearance of 15 people in the town of Parral.

They are the retired Army Colonel Hugo Cardemil and the retired Carabineros Colonel and retired non-commissioned officer of the same institution, Pablo Caulier Greant and Luis Alberto Hidalgo, respectively.

After being notified by the investigating judge, the former uniformed officers will remain detained in military and police facilities.

Source: La Tercera, July 22, 2002

Date: 22-07-2002

Supreme Court ratifies convictions against 11 DINA agents in the case titled "Villa Grimaldi. Main Volume"

The Supreme Court ratified the sentence issued in the investigation contained in the main volume of the case titled: "Villa Grimaldi," which investigated 19 disappearances and one aggravated homicide, crimes perpetrated inside the illegal detention center located in the commune of Peñalolén.

In a split decision (case roll 17887-2015), the Second Chamber of the highest court—composed of ministers Milton Juica, Carlos Künsemüller, Lamberto Cisternas, Manuel Antonio Valderrama, and Jorge Dahm—ratified the effective prison sentences for 11 members of the National Intelligence Directorate (DINA) for their responsibility in the aggravated kidnappings of: Guillermo Roberto Beausire Alonso, Alan Roberto Bruce Catalán, Jaime Enrique Vásquez Sáenz, Manuel Antonio Carreño Navarro, Iván Carreño Aguilar, María Teresa Eltit Contreras, María Isabel Joui Petersen, Jacqueline Paulette Drouilly Yurich, Juan René Molina Mogollones, René Roberto Acuña Reyes, Carlos Alberto Carrasco Matus, Hugo Daniel Ríos Videla, Agustín Alamiro Martínez Meza, Juan Rodrigo Mac-Leod Treuer, María Julieta Ramírez Gallegos, Luis Jaime Palominos Rojas, Marta Silvia Adela Neira Muñoz, César Arturo Emiliano Negrete Peña, Alejandro Juan Ávalos Davidson; and for the homicide of Humberto Juan Carlos Menenteau Aceituno.

The first-instance sentence, issued by visiting judge Leopoldo Llanos Sagristá on June 27, 2014, and ratified by the Santiago Court of Appeals last September, sentenced:

1- Pedro Espinoza Bravo

20 years in prison for his responsibility in the homicide of Humberto Juan Carlos Menenteau Aceituno; and 20 years in prison for the kidnappings of Guillermo Roberto Beausire Alonso, Alan Roberto Bruce Catalán, Jaime Enrique Vásquez Sáenz, Manuel Antonio Carreño Navarro, Iván Carreño Aguilar, María Teresa Eltit Contreras, María Isabel Joui Petersen, Jacqueline Paulette Drouilly Yurich, Juan René Molina Mogollones, René Roberto Acuña Reyes, Carlos Alberto Carrasco Matus, Hugo Daniel Ríos Videla, Agustín Alamiro Martínez Meza, Juan Rodrigo Mac-Leod Treuer, María Julieta Ramírez Gallegos, Luis Jaime Palominos Rojas, Marta Silvia Adela Neira Muñoz, César Arturo Emiliano Negrete Peña, and Alejandro Juan Ávalos Davidson.

2- Rolf Wenderoth Pozo

15 years in prison for his responsibility as an accomplice in the homicide of Humberto Juan Carlos Menenteau Aceituno; and 20 years in prison for the kidnappings of Guillermo Roberto Beausire Alonso, Alan Roberto Bruce Catalán, Jaime Enrique Vásquez Sáenz, María Teresa Eltit Contreras, María Isabel Joui Petersen, Jacqueline Paulette Drouilly Yurich, Juan René Molina Mogollones, René Roberto Acuña Reyes, Carlos Alberto Carrasco Matus, Hugo Daniel Ríos Videla, Agustín Alamiro Martínez Meza, Juan Rodrigo Mac-Leod Treuer, María Julieta Ramírez Gallegos, Luis Jaime Palominos Rojas, César Arturo Emiliano Negrete Peña, and Alejandro Juan Ávalos Davidson.

3- Miguel Krassnoff Martchenko

20 years in prison for the kidnappings of Guillermo Roberto Beausire Alonso, Alan Roberto Bruce Catalán, Jaime Enrique Vásquez Sáenz, Manuel Antonio Carreño Navarro, Iván Carreño Aguilar, María Teresa Eltit Contreras, María Isabel Joui Petersen, Jacqueline Paulette Drouilly Yurich, Juan René Molina Mogollones, René Roberto Acuña Reyes, Carlos Alberto Carrasco Matus, Hugo Daniel Ríos Videla, Agustín Alamiro Martínez Meza, Juan Rodrigo Mac-Leod Treuer, María Julieta Ramírez Gallegos, Luis Jaime Palominos Rojas, César Arturo Emiliano Negrete Peña, and Alejandro Juan Ávalos Davidson.

4- Fernando Lauriani Maturana

20 years in prison for the kidnappings of Guillermo Roberto Beausire Alonso, Alan Roberto Bruce Catalán, Jaime Enrique Vásquez Sáenz, Manuel Antonio Carreño Navarro, Iván Carreño Aguilar, María Teresa Eltit Contreras, María Isabel Joui Petersen, Jacqueline Paulette Drouilly Yurich, Juan René Molina Mogollones, René Roberto Acuña Reyes, Carlos Alberto Carrasco Matus, Hugo Daniel Ríos Videla, Agustín Alamiro Martínez Meza, Juan Rodrigo Mac-Leod Treuer, María Julieta Ramírez Gallegos, Luis Jaime Palominos Rojas, César Arturo Emiliano Negrete Peña, and Alejandro Juan Ávalos Davidson.

5- Gerardo Godoy García

20 years in prison for the kidnappings of Guillermo Roberto Beausire Alonso, Alan Roberto Bruce Catalán, Jaime Enrique Vásquez Sáenz, Manuel Antonio Carreño Navarro, Iván Carreño Aguilar, María Teresa Eltit Contreras, María Isabel Joui Petersen, Jacqueline Paulette Drouilly Yurich, Juan René Molina Mogollones, René Roberto Acuña Reyes, Carlos Alberto Carrasco Matus, Hugo Daniel Ríos Videla, Agustín Alamiro Martínez Meza, Juan Rodrigo Mac-Leod Treuer, María Julieta Ramírez Gallegos, Luis Jaime Palominos Rojas, César Arturo Emiliano Negrete Peña, and Alejandro Juan Ávalos Davidson.

6- Ricardo Lawrence Mires

20 years in prison for the kidnappings of Guillermo Roberto Beausire Alonso, Alan Roberto Bruce Catalán, Jaime Enrique Vásquez Sáenz, Manuel Antonio Carreño Navarro, Iván Carreño Aguilar, María Teresa Eltit Contreras, María Isabel Joui Petersen, Jacqueline Paulette Drouilly Yurich, Juan René Molina Mogollones, René Roberto Acuña Reyes, Carlos Alberto Carrasco Matus, Hugo Daniel Ríos Videla, Agustín Alamiro Martínez Meza, Juan Rodrigo Mac-Leod Treuer, María Julieta Ramírez Gallegos, Luis Jaime Palominos Rojas, César Arturo Emiliano Negrete Peña, and Alejandro Juan Ávalos Davidson.

7- Basclay Zapata Reyes

15 years and one day in prison for the kidnappings of Guillermo Roberto Beausire Alonso, Alan Roberto Bruce Catalán, Jaime Enrique Vásquez Sáenz, Manuel Antonio Carreño Navarro, Iván Carreño Aguilar, María Teresa Eltit Contreras, María Isabel Joui Petersen, Jacqueline Paulette Drouilly Yurich, Juan René Molina Mogollones, René Roberto Acuña Reyes, Carlos Alberto Carrasco Matus, Hugo Daniel Ríos Videla, Agustín Alamiro Martínez Meza, Juan Rodrigo Mac-Leod Treuer, María Julieta Ramírez Gallegos, Luis Jaime Palominos Rojas, César Arturo Emiliano Negrete Peña, and Alejandro Juan Ávalos Davidson.

8- Manuel Carevic Cubillos

15 years and one day in prison for the kidnappings of María Isabel Joui Petersen, Marta Silvia Adela Neira Muñoz, and César Arturo Emiliano Negrete Peña.

9- Raúl Iturriaga Neumann

15 years and one day in prison for the kidnappings of María Isabel Joui Petersen, Marta Silvia Adela Neira Muñoz, and César Arturo Emiliano Negrete Peña.

10- César Manríquez Bravo

15 years and one day in prison for the kidnappings of Guillermo Roberto Beausire Alonso, Manuel Antonio Carreño Navarro, Iván Sergio Carreño Aguilar, and Jacqueline Paulette Drouilly Yurich, and

11- Orlando Manzo Durán

10 years and one day in prison for the kidnapping of Jacqueline Paulette Drouilly Yurich.

In the civil aspect, it was confirmed that the State of Chile must pay a total compensation of $1,850,000,000 (one billion eight hundred fifty million pesos) to the plaintiff relatives, in amounts ranging from $50,000,000 (fifty million pesos) to $150,000,000 (one hundred fifty million pesos), as detailed in the sentence.

The resolution was adopted with the dissenting vote of Minister Cisternas, who was in favor of accepting the gradual statute of limitations, but only regarding the convicted Krassnoff Martchenko and Lauriani Maturana.

Source: villagrimaldi.cl 22/1/2016