On September 18, 1973, Manuel Beltrán CANTU SALAZAR, 36 years old, a state teacher, socialist, and advisor to the Intendant of Santiago, and José Fernando TORRES ARENAS, 25 years old, an inspector for the Directorate of Industry and Commerce (Dirinco), were victims of political execution.

On September 11, both individuals were detained by Carabineros officers at the Intendencia of Santiago and taken toward the Ministry of Defense, but were released before arriving there. From that date, both stayed at José Torres's apartment located at Pío Nono and Dardignac, where they were detained on the 16th by Carabineros officers and taken to the police station on Calle San Isidro.

Credible witnesses indicate that they were subsequently transferred to the Estadio Nacional, where they were killed on September 18, 1973.

However, the bodies of both appeared at the Legal Medical Institute, sent by a Military Prosecutor's Office as having been found on a public thoroughfare, with their causes of death listed as "multiple gunshot wounds" and the date of death recorded as September 18.

The Commission formed the conviction that Manuel Cantú Salazar and José Fernando Torres were executed outside of any legal process by State agents, in violation of human rights. This conviction is based on the fact that the detention of the victims and their presence at the Estadio Nacional were verified; that their lifeless bodies were sent to the Legal Medical Institute as having been found on a public thoroughfare, which is not credible given that they were deprived of liberty and under the custody of State agents; that their causes of death are consistent with a firing squad execution; and that Cantú, at the very least, held a position of political importance in the Unidad Popular government and was a relevant leader of his party.