Manuel Marcelino Ramírez Zurita died that day at 11:00 hours in a cell at the Tenencia de Renaico, due to asphyxia by hanging, as certified by the Medical Death Certificate from the Legal Medical Institute.

The Autopsy Protocol detected, among other vital injuries, a 10 x 5 cm blood infiltration in the mid-biparietal region; a 5 x 2 cm blood infiltration in the right parietofrontal region; another, 5 x 3 cm, in the left occipital region, which compromised the epicranial aponeurosis; and a 2 x 2 cm blood infiltration at the level of the spinous process of the fifth dorsal vertebra, all of which can be explained by the actions of third parties.

According to witness statements, Manuel Zurita was detained at 6:00 hours that day, in a state of intoxication, while returning from a party with three other people, and was taken to the police facility.

At this location, according to the other detainees, he began to shout to be released, for which two carabineros took him out and brought him to a courtyard, where they soaked his head with a hose and beat him severely.

Two hours later, he was found hanged with his shirt from the bars of a window in the cell where he had been placed.

Considering the evidence gathered, the Superior Council concluded that the death of Manuel Marcelino Ramírez Zurita was the result of the torture to which he was subjected by State agents during his detention and declared him a victim of human rights violations.