Minister Mario Carroza indicted seven former CNI agents for the disappearance of five members of the Frente, kidnapped in retaliation for the abduction of Colonel Carlos Carreño. Visiting judge Mario Carroza indicted seven former agents of the Central Nacional de Inteligencia (CNI) for the aggravated kidnapping of five young militants of the Frente Patriótico Manuel Rodríguez (FPMR) in September 1987.

The magistrate indicted them for varying degrees of participation in the kidnappings of José Julián Peña Maltés, Alejandro Pinochet Arenas, Manuel Sepúlveda Sánchez, Gonzalo Fuenzalida Navarrete, and Julio Muñoz Otárola, which occurred beginning on September 1, 1987.

The resolution affects Juan Carlos Orellana Morales, Hernán Antonio Vásquez Villegas, Raúl del Carmen Durán Martínez, José Guillermo Salas Fuentes, Marco Antonio Pincheira Ubilla, and Jorge Raimundo Ahumada Molina.

The list also includes Iván Quiroz Ruiz, who had remained a fugitive in the Operación Albania case and was arrested on Wednesday night. According to the ruling, the first six former agents face charges as perpetrators of the aggravated kidnapping of Peña Maltés, while Quiroz was indicted for the same case, as well as for those of Pinochet Arenas, Sepúlveda Sánchez, Fuenzalida Navarrete, and Muñoz Otárola.

The investigation establishes as proven that the five members of the Frente were kidnapped in retaliation for the kidnapping of Colonel Carlos Carreño Barrera, then an official of the Fábricas y Maestranzas del Ejército (Famae), perpetrated on September 1, 1987.

According to the investigation, the bodies of the five victims were thrown into the sea, for which Army helicopters were used. Other indicted individuals Before leaving the case and ascending to the Supreme Court in May 2007, Judge Haroldo Brito had indicted General (Ret.) Julio Cerda Carrasco, former head of the Army Intelligence Battalion (BIE), and retired officer Fernando Rafael Rojas Tapia, also a member of the aforementioned military body.

Meanwhile, he indicted Aquiles Navarrete Izarnotegui, Víctor Campos Valladares, and Hugo Barría Rogers as accessories to the disappearances. And in September 2006, Brito indicted twelve former CNI agents, among whom are General (Ret.) Hugo Salas Wenzel and his subordinates, Brigadier (Ret.) Álvaro Corbalán Castilla and Krantz Bauer Donoso, as co-perpetrators of the kidnapping of Sepúlveda Sánchez, Fuenzalida Navarrete, and Muñoz Otárola.

On that occasion, the judge also indicted former agents Manuel Ángel Morales Acevedo, César Acuña Luengo, and René Valdovinos Morales as co-perpetrators of the kidnappings of Peña Maltés, Sepúlveda Sánchez, Fuenzalida Navarrete, and Muñoz Otárola.

They were joined by former CNI members Víctor Ruiz Godoy, Manuel Ramírez Montoya, Luis Sanhueza Ross, and Luis Santibáñez Aguilera, who were indicted as co-perpetrators of the kidnappings of Pinochet Arenas, Sepúlveda Sánchez, Fuenzalida Navarrete, and Muñoz Otárola.

Source: El Mostrador, January 24, 2008

Justice system issued sentences against 34 former CNI agents for the kidnapping of five members of the Frente

The magistrate sentenced 34 former agents of the Central Nacional de Informaciones (CNI) for the kidnappings of Julián Peña Maltés, Alejandro Pinochet Arenas, Manuel Sepúlveda Sánchez, Gonzalo Fuenzalida Navarrete, and Julio Muñoz Otárola, which occurred in September 1987 and who are the last forcibly disappeared persons before March 10, 1990.

The judge determined the sanctions detailed against the repressors for their responsibility in one or all of the 5 aforementioned crimes: 1. Hugo Salas Wenzel. 15 years in prison for his responsibility as a perpetrator of the kidnappings of Julián Peña Maltés, Alejandro Pinochet Arenas, Manuel Sepúlveda Sánchez, Gonzalo Fuenzalida Navarrete, and Julio Muñoz Otárola. 2.

Álvaro Corbalán Castilla. 15 years in prison for his responsibility as a perpetrator of the kidnappings of Julián Peña Maltés, Alejandro Pinochet Arenas, Manuel Sepúlveda Sánchez, Gonzalo Fuenzalida Navarrete, and Julio Muñoz Otárola. 3.

Iván Quiroz Ruiz. 10 years and one day in prison for his responsibility as a perpetrator of the kidnappings of Julián Peña Maltés, Alejandro Pinochet Arenas, Manuel Sepúlveda Sánchez, Gonzalo Fuenzalida Navarrete, and Julio Muñoz Otárola. 4.

Gonzalo Maass del Valle. 10 years and one day for his responsibility as a perpetrator of the kidnappings of Julián Peña Maltés, Alejandro Pinochet Arenas, Manuel Sepúlveda Sánchez, Gonzalo Fuenzalida Navarrete, and Julio Muñoz Otárola. 5.

Luis Sanhueza Ross. 5 years and one day for his responsibility as a perpetrator of the aggravated kidnappings of Julián Peña Maltés, Alejandro Pinochet Arenas, Manuel Sepúlveda Sánchez, Gonzalo Fuenzalida Navarrete, and Julio Muñoz Otárola. 6.

Raúl Durán Martinez. 5 years and one day for his responsibility as a perpetrator of the kidnapping of Julián Peña Maltés. 7. Luis Santibañez Aguilera. 5 years and one day for his responsibility as a perpetrator of the kidnapping of Julián Peña Maltés. 8.

Víctor Ruiz Godoy. 5 years and one day for his responsibility as a perpetrator of the kidnapping of Julián Peña Maltés. 9. Juan Jorquera Abarzúa. 5 years and one day for his responsibility as a perpetrator of the kidnapping of Julián Peña Maltés. 10.

Hernán Vásquez Villegas. 5 years and one day for his responsibility as a perpetrator of the kidnapping of Julián Peña Maltés. 11. Sergio Mateluna Pino. 5 years and one day for his responsibility as a perpetrator of the kidnapping of Julián Peña Maltés. 12.

José Fuentes Pastenes. 5 years and one day for his responsibility as a perpetrator of the kidnapping of Julián Peña Maltés. 13. Juan Carlos Orellana Morales. 5 years and one day for his responsibility as a perpetrator of the kidnapping of Julián Peña Maltés. 14.

Roberto Rodríguez Manquel. 5 years and one day for his responsibility as a perpetrator of the kidnapping of Julián Peña Maltés. 15. Alejandro Astudillo Adonis. 5 years and one day for his responsibility as a perpetrator of the kidnapping of Julián Peña Maltés. 16.

José Salas Fuentes. 5 years and one day for his responsibility as a perpetrator of the kidnapping of Julián Peña Maltés. 17. Heraldo Velozo Gallegos. 5 years and one day for his responsibility as a perpetrator of the kidnapping of Julián Peña Maltés. 18.

Marco Antonio Pincheira Ubilla. 5 years and one day for his responsibility as a perpetrator of the kidnapping of Julián Peña Maltés. 19. Jorge Ahumada Molina. 5 years and one day for his responsibility as a perpetrator of the kidnapping of Julián Peña Maltés. 20.

José Morales Morales. 5 years and one day for his responsibility as a perpetrator of the kidnapping of Julián Peña Maltés. 21. Ema Ceballos Nuñez. 5 years and one day for his responsibility as a perpetrator of the kidnapping of Julián Peña Maltés. 22.

Patricio González Cortez. 5 years and one day for his responsibility as a perpetrator of the kidnapping of Julián Peña Maltés. 23. César Acuña Luengo. 5 years and one day for his responsibility as a perpetrator of the kidnapping of Alejandro Pinochet Arenas. 24.

René Valdovinos Morales. 5 years and one day for his responsibility as a perpetrator of the kidnapping of Alejandro Pinochet Arenas. 25. Manuel Morales Acevedo. 3 years and one day in prison for his responsibility as a perpetrator of the kidnapping of Alejandro Pinochet Arenas.

Granted the benefit of supervised release. 26. Manuel Ramírez Montoya. 3 years and one day in prison for his responsibility as a perpetrator of the kidnapping of Julián Peña Maltés. Granted the benefit of supervised release. 27.

Aquiles Navarrete Izarnotegui. 3 years and one day for his responsibility as an accessory to the aggravated kidnappings of Julián Peña Maltés, Alejandro Pinochet Arenas, Manuel Sepúlveda Sánchez, Gonzalo Fuenzalida Navarrete, and Julio Muñoz Otárola.

Granted the benefit of supervised release. 28. Fernando Rojas Tapia. 3 years and one day for his responsibility as an accessory to the aggravated kidnappings of Julián Peña Maltés, Alejandro Pinochet Arenas, Manuel Sepúlveda Sánchez, Gonzalo Fuenzalida Navarrete, and Julio Muñoz Otárola.

Granted the benefit of supervised release. 29. Julio Cerda Carrasco. 3 years and one day for his responsibility as an accessory to the aggravated kidnappings of Julián Peña Maltés, Alejandro Pinochet Arenas, Manuel Sepúlveda Sánchez, Gonzalo Fuenzalida Navarrete, and Julio Muñoz Otárola.

Granted the benefit of supervised release. 30. Marco Antonio Bustos Carrasco. 3 years and one day for his responsibility as an accessory to the aggravated kidnappings of Julián Peña Maltés, Alejandro Pinochet Arenas, Manuel Sepúlveda Sánchez, Gonzalo Fuenzalida Navarrete, and Julio Muñoz Otárola.

Granted the benefit of supervised release. 31. Hugo Prado Contreras. 3 years and one day for his responsibility as an accessory to the aggravated kidnappings of Julián Peña Maltés, Alejandro Pinochet Arenas, Manuel Sepúlveda Sánchez, Gonzalo Fuenzalida Navarrete, and Julio Muñoz Otárola.

Granted the benefit of supervised release. 32. Rodrigo Pérez Martínez. 541 days in prison for his responsibility as an accessory to the aggravated kidnappings of Julián Peña Maltés, Alejandro Pinochet Arenas, Manuel Sepúlveda Sánchez, Gonzalo Fuenzalida Navarrete, and Julio Muñoz Otárola.

Granted the benefit of conditional remission. 33. Rodrigo Barría Roger. 541 days in prison for his responsibility as an accessory to the aggravated kidnappings of Julián Peña Maltés, Alejandro Pinochet Arenas, Manuel Sepúlveda Sánchez, Gonzalo Fuenzalida Navarrete, and Julio Muñoz Otárola.

Granted the benefit of conditional remission. 34. Víctor Campos Valladares. 541 days in prison for his responsibility as an accessory to the aggravated kidnappings of Julián Peña Maltés, Alejandro Pinochet Arenas, Manuel Sepúlveda Sánchez, Gonzalo Fuenzalida Navarrete, and Julio Muñoz Otárola.

Granted the benefit of conditional remission. In the civil aspect, the claims for compensation filed against the Chilean State were accepted, determining that a total sum of 380 million pesos must be paid to the victims' relatives, divided into 50 million for each of the three parents and one child who were plaintiffs, and 20 million for each of the 9 siblings of the victims.

Source: Cooperativa.cl, October 14, 2013

Case File No. 39.122-C: Aggravated Kidnapping Case of Julián Peña, Alejandro Pinochet, Manuel Sepúlveda, Gonzalo Fuenzalida, Julio Muñoz

1.- That the following individuals are sentenced: RAÚL DEL CARMEN DURÁN MARTÍNEZ, LUIS ALBERTO SANTIBÁÑEZ AGUILERA, VÍCTOR EULOGIO RUIZ GODOY, JUAN ALEJANDRO JORQUERA ABARZÚA, HERNÁN ANTONIO VÁSQUEZ VILLEGAS, SERGIO AGUSTÍN MATELUNA PINO, JOSÉ ARTURO FUENTES PASTENES, JUAN CARLOS ORELLANA MORALES, ROBERTO HERNÁN RODRÍGUEZ MANQUEL, ALEJANDRO FRANCISCO ASTUDILLO ADONIS, JOSÉ GUILLERMO SALAS FUENTES, HERALDO VELOZO GALLEGOS, MARCO ANTONIO PINCHEIRA UBILLA, JORGE RAIMUNDO AHUMADA MOLINA, JOSÉ MIGUEL MORALES MORALES, EMA VERÓNICA CEBALLOS NUÑEZ, and PATRICIO LEONIDAS GONZÁLEZ CORTEZ, already identified in the case file, for their participation as perpetrators of the crimes of Aggravated Kidnapping of Julián Peña Maltés , to the penalty of FIVE YEARS AND ONE DAY OF MAJOR IMPRISONMENT IN ITS MINIMUM DEGREE, and the accessory penalties of absolute perpetual disqualification from public offices and political rights, and absolute disqualification from professional titles during the term of the sentence, and the payment of the costs of this case.

Source: Judiciary, October 14, 2013