The sentence was handed down by the special judge of the San Miguel Court of Appeals, Héctor Solís Montiel, following a lawsuit filed by, among others, the Medical College of Chile. Retired Army Colonel Pablo Opitz García was sentenced to 10 years and one day for the qualified homicide of doctor Héctor Victoriano García García, which occurred on August 13, 1974, in San Bernardo.

The sentence was handed down by the special judge of the San Miguel Court of Appeals, Héctor Solís Montiel, following a lawsuit filed by, among others, the Medical College of Chile. The magistrate also rejected the claim for compensation filed by the victim's family members.

According to the website memoriaviva.cl, on August 13, 1974, Héctor Victoriano García García and Jorge Rubén Lamich Vidal, a doctor and a laborer respectively, were killed. They were detained that same day in Buin, where they lived, by a group of civilians and military personnel.

Lamich was detained at his home in the early morning, and García was detained in the morning at the Buin Hospital, where he worked as a doctor. Both were accused of attempting to poison the city's water and bread.

They were taken to the Regimiento Chena in San Bernardo, where, according to testimonies, they were beaten and subjected to electric shocks. They were subsequently executed in the presence of the troops.

At the time, the military regime informed the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights that Lamich had been killed, along with three other people on different dates and under different circumstances, as a result of confrontations with "police or security agents," attributing "criminal, subversive, or sabotage activities" to said individuals.

Meanwhile, nothing was officially stated regarding the causes of Dr. García's death.

Source: El Mostrador July 1, 2008

Retired Army colonel sentenced for qualified homicide of a doctor

The sentence was handed down by the special judge of the San Miguel Court of Appeals, Héctor Solís Montiel, following a lawsuit filed by, among others, the Medical College of Chile. Retired Army Colonel Pablo Opitz García was sentenced to 10 years and one day for the qualified homicide of doctor Héctor Victoriano García García, which occurred on August 13, 1974, in San Bernardo.

The sentence was handed down by the special judge of the San Miguel Court of Appeals, Héctor Solís Montiel, following a lawsuit filed by, among others, the Medical College of Chile. The magistrate also rejected the claim for compensation filed by the victim's family members.

According to the website memoriaviva.cl, on August 13, 1974, Héctor Victoriano García García and Jorge Rubén Lamich Vidal, a doctor and a laborer respectively, were killed. They were detained that same day in Buin, where they lived, by a group of civilians and military personnel.

Lamich was detained at his home in the early morning, and García was detained in the morning at the Buin Hospital, where he worked as a doctor. Both were accused of attempting to poison the city's water and bread.

They were taken to the Regimiento Chena in San Bernardo, where, according to testimonies, they were beaten and subjected to electric shocks. They were subsequently executed in the presence of the troops.

At the time, the military regime informed the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights that Lamich had been killed, along with three other people on different dates and under different circumstances, as a result of confrontations with "police or security agents," attributing "criminal, subversive, or sabotage activities" to said individuals.

Meanwhile, nothing was officially stated regarding the causes of Dr. García's death.

Source: Wednesday, July 2, 2008, El Mostrador