On October 13, 1973, several people from the El Patagual and Rangue settlements in Paine were detained, five of whom were subsequently executed:

José Manuel DIAZ INOSTROZA; 29 years old, agricultural worker;

Francisco Javier LIZAMA IRARRAZAVAL, 34 years old, married, Socialist Party militant, President of the El Patagual settlement in Paine;

Juan Manuel ORTIZ ACEVEDO, 38 years old, married, agricultural worker, President of the Rangue settlement;

Luis Celerino ORTIZ ACEVEDO, 36 years old, married, agricultural worker, Vice President of the Rangue settlement; and

Jorge Manuel PAVEZ HENRIQUEZ, 35 years old, single, agricultural worker, Vice President of the El Patagual settlement.

On the morning of that day, a military contingent and a Carabineros officer arrived at the warehouses of the Rangue settlement, moving in a jeep and a military truck. Carrying a list with names and personal information, they proceeded to detain the Ortíz Acevedo brothers, along with other people who were subsequently released.

Military personnel accompanied by a civilian also arrived that morning at the El Patagual settlement, detaining Jorge Pavez, Francisco Lizama, and José Díaz.

From that moment on, the families had no news of the detainees. Having visited various detention centers, they obtained no information regarding their fate or whereabouts.

Eyewitnesses reported to this Commission that the group of detainees was taken to the Cuesta Cepillos and from there to the town of Pintué, where they were held at a field called «La Aguachera». On the night of the same day, they were transferred to the Cerro Chena Detention Center, where they were subjected to torture and interrogations, and finally taken to the San Bernardo Infantry Regiment, where they remained detained for about a week.

Then, the five identified detainees were taken out of that facility and never returned.

On November 13, 1973, a farmer discovered clothing and human remains at the Lo Arcaya settlement in Paine. Military personnel sent the remains to the Legal Medical Service, where they were identified as belonging to the five detainees. The cause of death was gunshot wounds.

Considering that the five individuals were detained by State agents and taken to a military facility, from which they were removed, and their lifeless bodies were subsequently found, having died from gunshot wounds and been illegally buried in the vicinity, this Commission formed the conviction that State agents were responsible for the deaths of each of them, having violated their right to life.