CASTILLO AHUMADA, LUIS ANTONIO: 22 years old, single, died on October 3, 1973, in Los Angeles.

SANDOVAL, PALERMO: 41 years old, married, worker, died on October 3, 1973, in Los Angeles.

Luis Antonio Castillo Ahumada died that day from a massive hemopericardium caused by a gunshot wound to the heart and a penetrating chest wound, according to the Medical Death Certificate from the Legal Medical Institute, which does not specify the time or place of death.

Palermo Sandoval died on the same day from destruction of the heart, a penetrating gunshot wound to the chest, a large left hematoma, and a left lumbar fracture caused by a gunshot wound, according to the Medical Death Certificate from the Legal Medical Institute, which does not specify the time or place of death.

According to the official version published in the press at the time, at 23:50 on October 3, on the Pan-American Highway South, Carabineros officers surprised three individuals carrying suspicious bundles. Upon discovering the presence of the police, the subjects fled, disobeying the order to halt. The members of the patrol fired their service weapons, causing the death of all three.

The same source indicated that one of the deceased individuals was Oscar Rodríguez Peña, adding that the others were not carrying documents that would make their identification possible. However, an examination of the Entry Log of the Criminal Court that investigated the deaths established that they were Luis Antonio Castillo Ahumada and Palermo Sandoval.

Oscar Rodríguez Peña was classified as a victim of human rights violations by the National Commission for Truth and Reconciliation.

An eyewitness stated that Luis Castillo was detained in the vicinity of his home on Calle Manuel Rodríguez in Los Angeles by civilians who identified themselves as Carabineros officers, who then placed him into a pickup truck they were using. About ten days later, his body was found at the morgue.

Regarding Palermo Sandoval, his relatives stated that they learned from third parties and the press that he had been shot while attempting to evade arrest during the curfew.

Considering the evidence gathered by this Corporation, the Superior Council declared Luis Antonio Castillo Ahumada and Palermo Sandoval to be victims of human rights violations by State agents who made irrational use of force.