On November 9, 1973, seven people were victims of political execution by Ejército personnel, all of whom were Communist militants:

-Juan Antonio CHAVEZ RIVAS, 26 years old, a student at the Universidad Técnica del Estado (UTE), Temuco campus, who was detained on November 5, 1973, at his home and taken to the Regimiento Tucapel, where he was seen by his relatives.

-Pedro MARDONES JOFRE, 22 years old, a student at the Universidad Técnica del Estado, Temuco campus.

-Florentino MOLINA RUIZ, 44 years old, a laborer, Regional Secretary of the Cautín Province, and member of the Central Committee of the Partido Comunista. Detained on November 5, 1973, at his home by two agents in civilian clothes, taken to the 2ª Comisaría and from there to the Regimiento Tucapel.

-Amador MONTERO MOSQUERA, 21 years old, a student at the Universidad Técnica del Estado, Temuco campus. He had been detained at his home by agents in civilian clothes on November 7, 1973, and taken to the Regimiento Tucapel.

-Juan Carlos RUIZ MANCILLA, 21 years old, a Civil Construction student at the Universidad Técnica del Estado, Temuco campus. He had been detained on November 7, 1973, at his parents' house in the city of Punta Arenas and transported to Temuco on a Fuerza Aérea plane, remaining detained at the Regimiento Tucapel.

-Víctor Hugo VALENZUELA VELASQUEZ, 22 years old, an assistant at the Conservador de Bienes Raíces in Temuco. Detained on November 7, 1973, at his workplace by agents in civilian clothes and taken to the Regimiento Tucapel, where he was seen by witnesses.

It is reasonable to presume that Carlos AILLAÑIR HUENCHUAL, 57 years old, an agricultural laborer and Communist militant, also died in the same events. He had been detained on November 6 by military personnel at the home of a family member.

On November 10, an official report was released detailing an assault on a munitions depot at the Regimiento Tucapel that occurred at 23:45 hours the previous day: "extremists armed with a large quantity of explosives attempted to penetrate the rear of the Regiment, where the aforementioned munitions depot is located.

The sentries reacted in time and an intense shootout ensued, hitting seven of the assailants."

In reporting on the same event mentioned in the previous paragraph, the Ejército stated: "Last night at 23:45 hours, there was an attempted assault on the Regimiento Tucapel barracks. It is estimated that around fifteen people armed with dynamite, grenades, and firearms participated.

Seven of them died in the attempted assault; two were captured, the rest fled. There were no casualties in the Regiment, nor was there any destruction of material."

The Commission links the seven aforementioned individuals to this version, as the death certificates for all of them indicate that their deaths occurred on the exact day and time alluded to in the aforementioned versions, and notes that they occurred in a "military compound" due to "firearm, action of a military unit."

This Commission cannot consider this official version credible, in consideration of the following elements:

-It is not plausible when considering that the alleged confrontation took place at night and that the sentries made fatal hits on seven of the alleged assailants without any casualties or injuries occurring among the military personnel;

-Relatives were able to see the victims' bodies at the morgue, which showed clear evidence of having been tortured. This is consistent with the death certificates of Pedro Mardones, Amador Montero, and Víctor Hugo Valenzuela, which state the cause as: "cranial attrition." This indicates that the cause of their deaths was not solely gunshot wounds, but that these were also caused by the crushing of the victims' skulls;

-What is most conclusive for this Commission is that multiple testimonies and evidence gathered confirm that the victims had been detained for several days at the Regimiento Tucapel. This makes it impossible for them to have attempted to penetrate the rear of the Regiment armed with explosives, as indicated in the official version.

Based on all the evidence presented, the Commission reaches the conviction that the seven individuals identified were executed by State agents, in violation of their human rights.