On September 27, 1984, during incidents between residents and carabineros at a land occupation in the Puente Alto commune (Santiago), 32-year-old taxi driver Julio Segundo VALENCIA CASTILLO died from a stab wound.

According to testimony that this Commission deemed credible, after the eviction from the land, carabineros personnel pursued participants in the occupation during the night. The witness added: "I saw when one of the carabineros picked up a stone (...) and threw it at him; the man fell to the ground and they began to beat him repeatedly and then left, but one of them returned and approached with something in his hand and stabbed him with it...".

Carabineros, by contrast, officially reported that when their personnel were able to enter the site, after overcoming the resistance encountered in the surrounding area, they found the victim's lifeless body on Calle Oscar Bonilla.

It is added: "it is necessary to specify that in the incidents recorded in Puente Alto, this is the only person who was found dead, with a weapon that is not used by Carabineros."

The evidence gathered leads the Commission to conclude that Julio Valencia was executed with a bladed weapon by State agents, who gravely violated his human rights. This is not incompatible with the fact that other police officers may have found the body subsequently and reported it as such to their superiors; therefore, this Commission does not deem it necessary to dispute the Institution's official information.