Lila Valdenegro Carrasco, married, 1 child, with no political affiliation, was detained on September 2, 1976, at 11:00 PM, at her home in Valparaíso. The detention was carried out by 4 DINA agents armed with submachine guns, who were traveling in a blue Peugeot automobile without license plates.

These agents forcibly took the victim away. The detention was witnessed by numerous neighbors in the area. Since that date, Mrs. Valdenegro remains forcibly disappeared.

That same night, during curfew hours, this house was raided and looted; a television, refrigerator, radio, furniture, and household appliances were taken, all of which were transported in a truck without license plates, in which plainclothes agents armed with submachine guns and uniformed personnel were traveling.

Lila Valdenegro was the spouse of Sergio Bone Flores, a member of the Communist Party, who had been Mayor and councilman of Puente Alto and was being intensely sought by the Security Services.

Lila Valdenegro had been detained on September 11, 1973, and interrogated regarding the whereabouts of her spouse, being informed by the Carabineros who carried out the detention that they had orders to execute her husband by firing squad.

On March 3, 1976, Navy personnel had raided Mrs. Valdenegro's home in search of her husband; the residence remained under surveillance for six months.

On two other occasions, security agents had appeared at the residence to detain Sergio Bone.

The home of Lila Valdenegro's mother, located at Poniente 528, Cerro Bellavista, Valparaíso, was raided five times after the victim's detention. The agents told her that "they would look for her daughter if she did not tell them where Bone was."

A practice used by the security services was to detain direct relatives of the person being sought, especially children and spouses, to force the wanted individuals to turn themselves in. There are several cases in which they did turn themselves in, and yet the relative detained as a hostage was executed or forcibly disappeared.

The victim had no political affiliation nor had she held significant public or social positions.

Her spouse, Mr. Sergio Bone, despite the grave risks he faced from the moment of the detention, carried out multiple efforts to locate her whereabouts.

Lila Valdenegro remains forcibly disappeared since her detention.

JUDICIAL AND/OR ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS

On October 18, 1976, a writ of amparo (habeas corpus) was filed on behalf of Lila Valdenegro before the Court of Appeals of Valparaíso, which was registered under case file number 95-76.

The document requested that the victim be released or that the legal violations be remedied because, for more than a month, "she has been detained in an unknown location, obviously incommunicado."

The Court resolved to inform the Intendant, who replied on October 22, 1976, that "...the named person has not been detained by order of this authority and, consequently, there is no information regarding her."

On October 22, 1976, the First Chamber of the Court of Appeals of Valparaíso resolved that, in consideration of the fact that "...as can be inferred from the Report of the Intendant on page 3, and the writ of amparo does not provide any data that would allow one to infer that she is being held by another agency, the appeal must be rejected."

The decision was appealed, and on November 19, 1976, the Supreme Court decided: "the appealed decision is confirmed."

The records were sent to the Criminal Court of Valparaíso, where the process for alleged disappearance, case file 82.456, was initiated. The case was entrusted to the Investigations Prefecture on April 5, 1977, so that the pertinent inquiries could be carried out.

Inspector Mario Castro interrogated the victim's mother, who reiterated the complaint, as reported in Report 3339 of June 3, 1977; he also inquired with the Services of the Armed Forces, Carabineros, and Investigations, "but no information was obtained in these places either that would allow for her location." No information was obtained from hospitals, Public Assistance, or the Women's Correctional House either.

The Minister of the Interior, in confidential Official Letter 2486 of July 28, 1977, which is a pre-printed form, communicated that there is no information on the victim.

On August 24, 1977, considering this data, the investigating judge resolved that: "...the existence of a crime is not completely justified," and temporarily dismissed the case.

On October 9, 1979, the case was reopened at the request of the plaintiff, and it was requested that Carabineros Major Jorge Estay Ferrari, who participated in the September 11 detention of Lila Valdenegro, be summoned to testify, as well as the witness to these events, Oriana Palavecino.

It was also requested that the neighbors who witnessed the victim's detention be called to testify and that the CNI, the Civil Registry Directorate, and the Legal Medical Institute be officially requested to check if the death of Lila Valdenegro had been registered.

On May 9, 1980, the case was dismissed again, and the summary proceedings were reopened on October 10, 1980.

The detention and disappearance of Lila Valdenegro was reported to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of the Organization of American States (OAS) and to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights.

The victim's mother directed a request for support to former President of the Republic, Jorge Alessandri Rodríguez, who replied on October 22, 1976, that he "...greatly regrets the facts you have made known to him but, unfortunately, he has no influence that would allow him to provide the help you have requested." She also addressed the President of the Supreme Court, José María Eyzaguirre, who on October 22, 1976, "informs her that he has sent her complaint to the Minister of Justice, so that he may resolve what is appropriate..."

Regarding the looting of Lila Valdenegro's residence, a complaint was filed with Investigations. This service, through Inspector Franklin Sepúlveda, learned of the facts and informed the complainant, Zulema Carrasco, the victim's mother, that "they could not investigate the DINA." Consequently, the investigation was not carried out.

Source: (Corporation Report)

Married to Sergio Bone Flores, former Councilman of Puente Alto. Until 1973 they lived in the Maipo neighborhood. She was detained on September 2, 1976, at 11:00 PM, by the National Intelligence Directorate (DINA), in Valparaíso.

Since that date, she has been disappeared. A son witnessed her arrest. She was detained in her home by four members of the DINA, who were armed and in a vehicle without license plates. Numerous neighbors saw the detention.

The kidnappers shouted that they were looking for her husband and threatened to detain her children if they did not find him. The Visiting Judge, Jaime Arancibia, has the investigation in the summary stage.

Source: memoriahistorica.minjusticia.gob.cl