On October 9, 1973, at a place called Paso Hondo, near the city of Tomé, three militants of the Revolutionary Left Movement (MIR) were killed:

-Tránsito del Carmen CABRERA ORTIZ, 28 years old, textile worker at Fiap Tomé.

-Miguel Angel CATALAN FEBRERO, 22 years old, university student.

-Héctor Manuel LEPE MORAGA, 29 years old, student at the Universidad Técnica del Estado, Concepción.

The three victims were arrested by Carabineros on September 27, 1973, along with Ricardo Barra Martínez, who died from torture, and were placed at the disposal of the Navy Intelligence Service.

Subjected to a War Council on October 6, 1973 (case file Ancla 1), Cabrera was sentenced to 15 years and one day of *presidio mayor* and 5 years of *presidio menor*; Catalán to 15 years and one day of *presidio mayor*, 10 years and one day of *presidio mayor*, 20 years of *presidio mayor*, and 10 years of *extrañamiento mayor*; and Lepe to 15 years of *presidio mayor*, 5 years and one day of *presidio mayor*, and 3 years and one day of *presidio menor*.

According to the official version, the naval patrol in charge of guarding the detainees was attacked by two or three individuals with hunting shotguns and homemade devices, an occasion the prisoners allegedly took advantage of to attempt an escape. One of the members of the patrol fired upon them, killing them instantly.

This Commission rejects the official version for the following reasons: the victims were under guard and unarmed; had there been an attack against the patrol, it is highly implausible that no uniformed personnel were injured and that none of the attackers were wounded, arrested, or killed; and testimonies from other detainees who were with the three deceased indicated that they were executed by firing squad without any prior attack.

The Commission has formed the conviction that the execution of these three individuals was an act of human rights violation committed by agents of the State, specifically of the Navy.