Luis Aros Huichacán, single, agricultural worker, and Socialist Party militant, was detained at his home in the Población Estancia de Entre Lagos on September 17, 1973, at approximately 5:00 PM by Carabineros belonging to the local station.

A witness to his detention was his sister, Jovita del Carmen Ruiz Huichacán, who was able to identify the Carabineros Rubén Angulo, Luis Tapia, Lalo González, Sergeant Raúl Oyarzún Blanco, and Corporals José Rocha Hormazábal and Abelardo Rojas Zúñiga.

They raided the home and then took the detainee in a SAG (Agriculture and Livestock Service) van to the Entre Lagos station. Four other detainees were transported in the same vehicle that same afternoon, all of them Socialist Party militants; they were: Martín Núñez Rosas, leader of the Entre Lagos Homeless Committee; Ricardo Huenumán Huenumán, municipal councilman; Joel Fierro Inostroza, former councilman—all of whom remain forcibly disappeared to this day—and the latter's wife, Blanca Valderas Garrido, a councilwoman and former mayor of Entre Lagos, who is the only survivor of the group.

As Blanca Valderas later recounted, the five detainees were taken out of the station in the early hours of September 18 by a group of individuals armed with submachine guns, dressed in black clothing, covering their faces with vampire-like masks, and wearing helmets, gloves, and military-style boots.

Taken in a vehicle to the bridge over the Pilmaiquén River, they were made to get out and forced to kneel facing the river; one of the subjects positioned himself behind each of them, fired their weapons at the detainees, and caused them to fall into the water.

Blanca Valderas managed to escape alive by swimming until she reached a remote location where she found refuge. The body of the victim and those of the other three executed individuals were never found.

The day after his detention, Luis Aros's relatives went to the Entre Lagos station to ask for information. There, they were told he had been transferred to Osorno. In that city, they went to police stations, the Military Prosecutor's Office, and the Estadio Español—a detention center at the time—but received no answer. They also went to Valdivia, where they were also unable to obtain information.

JUDICIAL AND/OR ADMINISTRATIVE ACTIONS

The events were investigated in case file No. 23.862 for the crimes of kidnapping and aggravated homicide committed against Joel Fierro Inostroza, and kidnapping and attempted aggravated homicide against Blanca Valderas Garrido.

The text of the criminal complaint, filed on November 12, 1979, also points to the judge's authority to "investigate ex officio the possible crimes committed against Ricardo Huenumán Huenumán, Sergio Huichacán, and the person with the surname Núñez, all directed against the Carabineros Sub-officer Arriagada, Sergeant Oyarzún, Corporals Rojas and Rocha, and other Carabineros from the Entre Lagos station staff, as well as against any military personnel or civilians who may be responsible."

In this case, which was processed in the First Court of Letters of Osorno by Visiting Judge Juana González Inzunza, there is evidence resulting from the investigation that refers to Sergio Aros Huichacán, who is mentioned by the name Sergio Huichacán until the sponsoring lawyer makes the correction.

Thus, when the Carabineros officers from the Entre Lagos station staff testified, they were also questioned about the victim's detention, stating that they did not know him and did not arrest him. Information was also requested from the Osorno Legal Medical Institute, which responded that it had no records of Sergio Aros.

On the other hand, there are two witnesses who testified: one of them having seen him at the moment he was being taken into custody, and the other, a relative, having been arrested on the same occasion and released from the station that same night.

It should be noted that on April 17, 1980, the Visiting Judge appointed to this case declared herself incompetent because members of the Carabineros were involved in the events under investigation and ordered the records to be sent to the Military Prosecutor's Office of Osorno.

This resolution was appealed and ratified by the Court of Appeals of Valdivia on July 4, 1980, indicating that the Carabineros against whom the complaint was directed were indeed serving at the Entre Lagos station in September 1973, that they were also identified by Blanca Valderas in the corresponding confrontations, and considering that a state of war had effectively existed since September 11, 1973.

A complaint appeal, file 4599, was filed on July 14, 1980. On October 22 of the same year, the Supreme Court declared the aforementioned appeal inadmissible.

Source: Vicariate of Solidarity

Finally, the criminal trial followed mainly against the most ruthless criminal, a serial killer who operated in a Carabinero uniform in the Los Ríos and Los Lagos regions, has come to an end; this is Colonel (Ret.) Adrián José Fernández Hernández.

I knew him closely, as he spent almost two years as an assistant Lieutenant in the Osorno Intendancy (71-72). From there, he was promoted to captain and took over the 3rd Rahue Police Station. After the military coup, several popular leaders chose to turn themselves in at the Rahue Police Station (upon being called in military edicts), confident that they would be "attended to" by someone in whom they had a certain degree of trust.

Nothing more was ever heard of them (forcibly disappeared). Fernández has been sentenced ONLY TO FIFTEEN YEARS IN PRISON for being the author of the aggravated kidnapping of: 1. Santiago Domingo Aguilar Duhau, 2.

César Osvaldo del Carmen Ávila Lara, 3. José Mateo Segundo Vidal Panguilef, 4. José Ligorio Neicul Paisil, 5. Flavio Humberto Valderas Mansilla, 6. Lucio Hernán Ángulo Carrillo, 7. Jorge Ladio Altamirano Vargas, 8.

René Burdiles Almonacid, 9. Joel Fierro Inostroza, 10. José Ricardo Huenumán Huenumán, 11. Luis Sergio Aros Huichacán, 12. Arturo Jesús Valderas Angulo, 13. José Rosario Segundo Panguinamún Ailef, 14. Guillermo Ernesto Peters Casas, and 15.

Mario Fernández Acum. For also being the author of the aggravated homicide of: 16. Raúl Santana Alarcón, 17. Gustavo Igor Sporman, 18. Martín Núñez Rosas, 19. Jorge Ricardo Aguilar Cubillos, 20. Edgardo Eugenio Cárdenas Gómez, and 21.

Ester Bustamante Llancamín, For also being the author of attempted aggravated homicide against Blanca Ester Valderas Garrido. For finally being the author of torture against the following political prisoners: 1.

Carlos Hurtado Gallardo, 2. Juan Bernabé Igor Sporman, 3. Luis Orlando Oliveros Angulo, 4. Luis Armando Vargas Coñuel, 5. Juan Orlando Aguilar Angulo, 6. René Orlando Llanquilef Llanquilef, 7. Eliecer Rolando Reyes Gallardo, 8.

Ida Ester Torres Santana, and 9. Leandro Sanhueza Flores. That is to say, for being the author of the crime of fifteen aggravated kidnappings (forcibly disappeared), author of six aggravated homicides (political executions), author of another attempted aggravated homicide, and author of crimes of torture against nine political prisoners, the murderer and torturer ADRIÁN JOSÉ FERNÁNDEZ HERNÁNDEZ has been sentenced to serve only a sentence of FIFTEEN YEARS IN PRISON.

One more example of JUSTICE WITH CLEMENCY, "to the extent possible." FOR ITS PART, the State of Chile has not compensated either the relatives or the surviving victims. As a lawyer, I sponsored the complaints for the nine cases of torture included in the conviction of Fernández.

It is worth imagining that I personally could have been one more case among the forcibly disappeared. Indeed, by order of Commissioner Fernández, I was detained on 09.13.1973, at my home, in a Carabinero operation, and I remained for 24 hours in the dungeons of the Rahue Carabinero Station.

The police report filed by Fernández was the reason I was sentenced in a War Council in Osorno. The terrible torture to which he subjected Mr. Juan Orlando Aguilar Angulo (RIP) was intended to make him testify, accusing me of terrorist actions and alleged possession of explosives that could justify a death sentence against me.

Fortuitous circumstances prevented it. Finally, after two years in prison, I was expelled from Chile with a sentence of banishment. I was able to return from exile, from Sweden, in 1997. The criminal Adrián Fernández Hernández is still at liberty on bail. Fraternal greetings, Víctor Rosas Vergara Lawyer and Vice President of the UNExPP of Chile NGO Union of Former Political Prisoners of Chile

Source: piensachile.com, March 22, 2014

Date: 03-22-2014

Ten former Carabineros prosecuted for human rights violations are released

Retired Colonel Adrián Fernández and nine sub-officers were prosecuted for crimes committed between 1973 and 1974 in the province of Osorno. The group of former uniformed officers has been under investigation for more than a year for the aggravated kidnapping of Lucio Angulo, René Urbina, Jorge Altamirano, Joel Fierro, José Huenuman, Luis Aro, Arturo Banderas, and José Panguinamún.

In addition, they are accused of the aggravated homicide of Martín Nuñez and the attempted aggravated homicide of the former mayor of Entre Lagos, Blanca Banderas. Initially, the investigation was led by one of the magistrates of the Tenth Region who had to abandon the case to assume duties in the Criminal Procedure Reform courts; the case was taken over by Judge Ramírez, who works with a multidisciplinary team of investigators.

Source: latercera.cl, October 30, 2004

Date: 10-30-2004

Gustavo Muñoz, sentenced to ten years in Punta Peuco for kidnapping and homicide, died in the Carabinero Hospital

The Carabinero sergeant had been sentenced since 2013 for the aggravated kidnapping and homicide of two people in Osorno in the days immediately following the military coup. Last December, he requested a humanitarian pardon due to multiple illnesses.

Carabinero Sergeant Gustavo Muñoz Albornoz died yesterday at the facilities of the Carabinero Social Security Directorate Hospital (Dipreca) in Santiago, where he had been transferred from the Punta Peuco prison, where he was serving a sentence of 10 years and one day for human rights violations that occurred in Osorno in 1973.

As denounced by Muñoz Albornoz's lawyer, Raúl Meza, the sergeant died shackled to his hospital bed. The various illnesses he suffered—chronic kidney problems, diabetes, hypertension, hypothyroidism, heart failure, and a hip fracture—had led him to sign, along with four other former repressive agents, a letter asking President Bachelet to pardon them on humanitarian grounds, a letter that received no response.

Last December, such a request caused controversy when it was presented in parallel to the announcement of a "mass of forgiveness" that would be held inside Punta Peuco for Christmas. At that time, human rights organizations protested and recalled that crimes against humanity are imprescriptible and cannot be amnestied.

In the case of the deceased Gustavo Muñoz Albornoz, he was convicted of the aggravated kidnapping and homicide of two people in Osorno in the days immediately following the military coup. The investigation by Judge Jaime Salas concluded that the sergeant was part of the patrol that kidnapped and murdered well-known supporters of the Unidad Popular.

However, the Carabinero was only formally charged for these crimes in 2003, and the sentence arrived ten years later, in 2013. Among Muñoz Albornoz's crimes were the aggravated homicide of Raúl Santana Alarcón and Gustavo Bernardo Igor Sporman, perpetrated in Osorno in September 1973; the aggravated homicide of Martín Nuñez Rozas, committed in Osorno between September 16 and 18, 1973; the attempted aggravated homicide of Blanca Ester Valderas Garrido, committed between September 16 and 18, 1973, in Osorno; the aggravated kidnapping (legal term for disappearance) of Santiago Domingo Aguilar Duhau and César Osvaldo del Carmen Ávila Lara, between September 17 and 27, 1973, in Osorno; the aggravated kidnapping of José Mateo Segundo Vidal Panguilef, José Ligorio Naicul Paisil, and Flavio Heriberto Valderas Mancilla, perpetrated on different dates in the month of September 1973; and the aggravated kidnapping of Joel Fierro Inostroza, Joel Ricardo Huenuman Huenuman, and Luis Sergio Aros Huichacán, which began between September 15 and 17, 1973.

Source: eldesconcierto.cl, 3/1/2017